Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Thursday said students will be vaccinated at their schools to make the nationwide inoculation campaign smooth and hassle-free.
"Students of four to five schools are receiving vaccines from one school...but various problems have been created under the vaccination system," he told a discussion at Directorate General of Drug Administration, an official release said.
The health minister said the government is taking necessary initiative to bring students under vaccination coverage at their schools across the country.
Secretary of Health Service Division Lokman Hosen Mian, Secretary of Health Education Division Ali Nur, Director General of Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) Professor Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, among others, addressed the discussion with Director General of Directorate General of Drug Administration Major General Md Mahabubur Rahman in the chair.
Maleque said students aged between 12 and 17 across the country will be vaccinated with Pfizer jabs.
"Under the directive of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, we decided to inoculate 30 million students aged between 12 and 17," he added.
DGHS Director General said "Initially, the countrywide vaccination campaign for students aged between 12 and 17 began at eight centers in Dhaka city and it (campaign) will be conducted across the country in phases."
The DGHS sources said the vaccination campaign for the students began on November 1 at eight schools in Dhaka city.
The eight schools are Ideal School and College in Motijheel, Hurdco International School at Bashundhara, Southpoint School and College at Malibagh, Chittagong Grammar School at Banani, Dhaka Commerce College in Mirpur, Kakoli High School and College in Dhanmondi, South Breeze School in Uttara and Scholastica School in Mirpur, it added.
As many as 25 booths have been set up in each centre, where students of other schools in the vicinity can come to get vaccinated as well.
