46,509 administered COVID-19 vaccines on second day
A complete of 46,509 persons were administered Covid-19 vaccines on the next moment of countrywide vaccination campaign.
Of them, 35,843 were male and 10,666 female, in line with the data of Operations Information System of Directorate Standard of Health Offerings (DGHS).
As of today (Monday), the number of vaccine receivers is 77,669 as 31,160 were vaccinated on the primary day of the marketing campaign, it added.
Persons aged 40 years and above now will get registered to get COVID-19 vaccines, said Health and Relatives Welfare Minister Zahid Maleque today.
“Now people aged 40 years and above can get registered to get COVID-19 vaccines, while as the frontline fighters, the health officials of both exclusive and public hospitals will get priority in vaccination,” he said.
To this end, decisions were taken in range with the instruction of the cabinet appointment today with Primary Minister Sheikh Hasina in the chair.
According to previous decision of the government, persons aged 55 years and above were only eligible for taking vaccines but the decision features been revised a evening after launching of the countrywide COVID-19 vaccination campaign yesterday.
“The health minister has already directed the authorities concerned to bring commoners aged 40 years and above under coronavirus inoculation coverage,” senior information officer of the ministry Maidul Islam told BSS.
The vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1005 hospitals outside the capital today, the DGHS said, adding the immunization programme will begin at 8am and it'll continue till 2.30 pm everyday.
However, many hospitals will continue the vaccination program throughout the day, the health official said.
The inoculation would be administered among people in government hospitals up to upazila level while over five lakh people up to now got them registered to be inoculated.
