The Covid vaccination of children aged between 5 and 11 years began on Thursday across the country.
State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Md Jakir Hossain inaugurated the programme at Nilkhet Government Primary School in the capital at 9am.
The children will have to be registered on the Surokkha app with their birth certificate to receive the vaccine.
A total of 18,000 children of 21 schools - 15 schools under Dhaka North City Corporation (DNCC) and six schools of Dhaka South City Corporation (DSCC) - will get Pfizer vaccine at 21 vaccine centres. There are 13,972 children aged 5-11 years in 15 DNCC schools and 4,035 children in six DSCC schools.
After inaugurating the vaccination programme, the State Minister said primarily, children’s vaccination activities will be conducted in 12 city corporations of the country. Later, the vaccination will be conducted for the children at districts, upazilas, municipalities and community levels.