Booster shot now after four months of taking 2nd dose

People will be eligible for taking booster shot four months after receiving the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Wednesday, reports UNB.

"We are conducting the vaccination activities successfully and during the peak time of the pandemic we provided medical services to both Covid and non-Covid patients," he said at a press briefing on the occasion of the National Deworming Week, held at the ministry.

Besides, the government has taken an initiative to launch a special vaccination campaign aiming to bring 3.25 crore people under vaccination from March 17 to March 31, marking the birth anniversary of Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujibur Rahman.

The deworming week will start on March 20 and deworming tablets will be given for children aged between 5 and 16 at all primary and secondary level educational institutions across the country free.

The week-long campaign will be held in all government, private schools, madrasas and orphanages.