A total of 12,49,63,451 people have so far received Covid-19 jabs across the country with single, both or booster doses as the countrywide vaccination campaign was launched on February 7, last year.
"As of March 2, a total of 21,41,43,895 doses of Covid-19 vaccines including booster dose were administered across the country," according to data issued by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
"A total of 12,49,55,363 people have been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine till Wednesday while 8,52,33,205 received the second dose across the country during the same period," the DGHS added.
As many as 39,55,327 people received the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, it added.
A total of 2,99,43,773 students aged 12-17 years were vaccinated with first and second doses of Covid-19 jabs. Of them, 1,69,51,773 students received first dose of vaccines while 1,29,92,000 were immunized with second dose of vaccines, the DGHS sources said.
Expansion of vaccination is the most effective remedy to rein the spread of coronavirus... as part of vaccine expansion programme, we launched special inoculation campaign from February 17 to February 25 and set three-day mass vaccination drive that began on February 26," Dr Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the National Covid-19 Vaccine Management Taskforce, said.
Shamsul, also director of Directorate General of Health Services, said since February 17 to March 1, a total of 23.2 million people have been inoculated with first dose, 17 million people vaccinated with second dose and 100,000 people immunized with booster dose.
During the past 13 days, as many as 3,49,00,000 people received different doses of Covid-19 vaccines, he added.
As many as 1,11,74,725 people were immunized with the first dose of coronavirus vaccine on February 26 (first day of campaign), 19,33,775 vaccinated on February 27 (second day of campaign) while 15,69,44 people received the first dose of Covid-19 jabs on the concluding day of the drive (February 28), he also added.
As of February 26, a total of 20,71,44,688 doses of Covid-19 vaccines including booster dose were administered across the country, the DGHS official said.
"A total of 12,07,56,056 people were administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine till February 26 while 8,27,54,951 received the second dose across the country during the same period," he added.
As many as 36,33,681 people received the booster dose of Covid- 19 vaccine to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, Shamsul also said.
Of the total number of vaccine doses during the first day of campaign, 1,11,74,725 people received the first dose of coronavirus vaccines while 8,15,073 received the second dose and 73,855 received booster dose during the same period, he added.
The DGHS sources said A total of 20,99,37,805 doses of Covid-19 vaccines including booster dose were administered till February 27, 2022.
"A total of 12,26,89,831 people were administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine till February 27 while 8,35,29,389 received the second dose across the country during the same period," the DGHS added.
As many as 37,18,585 people received the booster dose of Covid-19 vaccine to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, it added.
Of the total vaccination doses till February 27, 19,33,775 people received the first dose of coronavirus vaccines on the second day of the campaign while 77,44,38 received the second dose and 84,904 received booster dose during the same period, the DGHS added.
As of February 28, a total of 21,23,88,256 doses of Covid-19 vaccines including booster dose were administered across the country.
"A total of 12,42,58,875 people have been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine till February 28 while 8,43,26,234 received the second dose across the country during the same period," the DGHS added.
As many as 38,03,147 people received the booster dose of Covid- 19 vaccine to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, it added.
Of the total vaccination doses on the third day of campaign, 15,69,044 people received the first dose of coronavirus vaccines, while 77,96,845 received the second dose and 84,562 received booster dose during the same period, the DGHS added.
"Till to date, Bangladesh received 297.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines.... either the country got the vaccine doses under Covax facilities or through purchase," Shamsul added.
"The target of vaccination during the three-day campaign has exceeded as 1,46,77,544 people received the first dose of vaccines...Bangladesh has set a target of administering 10 million doses of vaccines because the country launched one-day drive and subsequently it (campaign) turned into a three-day drive" DGHS Director General Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said.
"With concerted efforts of all, particularly physicians, medical technologists and health workers, we have achieved unprecedented feat of administering this large number of people meaning Bangladesh has advanced one step forward in expansion of vaccination coverage across the country," he added.
The three-day nationwide mass vaccination campaign ended on February 28 achieving a milestone of success in administering around 15 million people with first dose of Covid-19 vaccine.
"We have fixed a target to inoculate 70 per cent 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 DGHS DG added.
The government 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.
"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.
With administering the total doses of vaccine so far, the government has brought 73 per cent people under vaccination coverage with first, second and booster doses, health minister told a function recently.
Bangladesh secured 10th position in the vaccination programme and the ongoing mass vaccination campaign will push the country into a new feat covering fully unvaccinated people to fight the COVID-19, the health minister
added.
"Since mid-February, we have geared up significantly the Covid-19 vaccination programme and we will scale up our efforts to reach the target at the quickest possible time," Alam added.
Alam attributed the controlling of third wave of Covid-19 that hit Bangladesh mid-January this year, to expansion of vaccination coverage, including booster dose.
"We have laid emphasis on vaccination coverage as it (vaccine) has reduced both fatalities and rising of positivity rate of Covid-19... more than 80 per cent deaths linked to coronavirus are unvaccinated people," Alam added.
"During the campaign, people were allowed to receive Covid-19 vaccines without registration or any documents from any centre," Shamsul said.
"The main objective of mass vaccination campaign was to bring all vulnerable groups of people under vaccination coverage... meaning a significant progress of administering first dose of Covid-19 inoculation is ensured," he added.
People received Covid-19 vaccines only by giving mobile number, he said, adding that, "The people, who received the first dose of coronavirus vaccine, have been given a card... this card was given as a document for receiving second or booster dose."
After a good progress on the first dose of Covid-19 vaccination coverage, Shamsul said, "Now we are focusing on second and booster dose to scale up vaccination programme across the country."
