B’desh Plans To Vaccinate 80 Mn People Against Covid By Next January – International,health/medicine

B’desh plans to vaccinate 80 mn people against Covid by next January – International,Health/Medicine

Dhaka, Oct 12 : Bangladesh aims to administer Covid-19 vaccines to nearly half of its population by next January.

 B’desh Plans To Vaccinate 80 Mn People Against Covid By Next January R-TeluguStop.com

Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday said the Bangladeshi government is working to vaccinate 80 million people by December and January, Xinhua news agency reported, citing the Bangladesh’s state-run news agency BSS.

The minister said the government is considering vaccinating children aged between 12 and 17 years.

Bangladesh has already announced a target of vaccinating 80 per cent of its population by 2022.

The South Asian country has so far got nearly 70 million doses of the Covid-19 vaccine.

Bangladesh launched the vaccine rollout in January.

As of October 9, 36,178,946 people in Bangladesh have reportedly received their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine while 17,940,300 were fully vaccinated.

The coronavirus infection and fatality rates have fallen significantly since August as the government bolstered inoculation drives in extensive areas to rein in Covid-19, according to Bangladesh’s Directorate General of Health Service (DGHS) #Bdesh #plans #vaccinate #Covid #January

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