The government has geared up its nationwide vaccination drive to inoculate 70-80 per cent people by March next, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Saturday.
“So far, five crore people have been vaccinated as the countrywide campaign is underway. Fifty per cent people will be given the jabs by December and 70-80 per cent by March next. We’ve already procured necessary vaccine jabs,” the minister said.
Zahid Maleque also announced a programme to bring children between 12-17 years of age under the vaccination programme soon.
He was speaking at a programme arranged by Manikganj district Puja Celebration Council in Sadar upazila, marking Durga Puja, the biggest religious festival of the Hindu community.
He urged the Hindu community to celebrate the festival maintaining health protocols.
On January 27, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina launched the Covid-19 vaccination programme at Kurmitola General Hospital in the capital through a videoconference.
The government rolled out a countrywide mass vaccination drive on February 7, inoculating people aged 55 and above in the first phase.
