Bangladesh to vaccinate 80 lakh people marking PM’s birthday

Health and Family Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque on Sunday said Bangladesh has set a target of inoculating 80 lakh people on September 28 across the country on the occasion of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's birthday.  

"The mass vaccination campaign is set to begin from 9am and it will continue till the target is fulfilled," he told a virtual media briefing organized by Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), an official release said.    

DGHS Director General Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam and Additional Director General ( Planning) Prof Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora, among others, joined the briefing.       

The health minister said people aged 25 and above will be vaccinated on the day (September 28) and those who have already completed the registration process will get priority in receiving the vaccines.   

The government has prepared 80 thousand health workers including 48,059 volunteers to make the countrywide vaccination campaign a success.

Source: BSS