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The three-day nationwide mass vaccination campaign ended on Monday achieving a milestone of success in administering around 1.5 crore people with first dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
“Earlier, Bangladesh set a target to vaccinate one crore people with first doses during the mass vaccination campaign... but we have extended the one-day campaign into three-day drive as a huge number of people thronged vaccination infrastructures,” Director General of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam told BSS this evening.
“We have fixed a target to inoculate 70 percent people with both doses of Covid-19 jabs,” he said, adding this three-day mass vaccination coverage has already made a remarkable contribution to fulfill the goal.”
The government has engaged a large number of medical professionals -- physicians, medical technologist and health workers -- across the country.
With sincere efforts of all, Bangladesh has reached a milestone of success in the COVID-19 vaccination coverage, which will create a shield against the deadly virus, the health service chief added.
“We could not yet finalize the total figure of vaccination... but roughly Bangladesh has exceeded the target of one crore. The total number of people, who received first doses of vaccine, may be over 1.5 crore,” he added.
“If necessary, we will launch such mass vaccination campaign to bring all eligible people under inoculation coverage as it has been proved that expansion of vaccination is a very effective remedy to prevent the spread of the lethal virus,” Alam added.
The vaccination campaign for administering the first dose of COVID-19 vaccines began at 8am daily and it continued throughout the day, he added.
“During the past three days of the campaign, all eligible people thronged the designated vaccination centres and booths to receive COVID-19 jabs...we monitored the nationwide mass vaccination campaign to make it successful to fight the disease,” Alam added.
Earlier, the government set a target to complete the first dose of coronavirus vaccine on February 26, but it (government) decided to continue the campaign for two more days to reach remarkable progress in the first dose of vaccination coverage, he added.
According to the DGHS, the nationwide mass vaccination campaign was conducted successfully as people thronged vaccination centers, makeshift and mobile booths to receive first dose of vaccines.
“We have extended the campaign till February 28 (today)... the countrywide mass vaccination campaign, that began at 8am on Saturday, has set a new record for administering over 1.20 crore people on the first day of the campaign ,” Health Minister Zahid Maleque told a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) here yesterday (Sunday).
