Citizens aged above 60 to get 4th dose of Covid vaccine, says minister

Citizens aged above 60 will get the fourth dose of Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday, reports UNB.

Prime Minister Shiekh Hasina approved it and people can get vaccinated during the ongoing seven-day campaign from any centre, the minister told reporters at the Secretariat.

Around 98 per cent of the adult people have jabbed against the Covid-19, he said. "Besides, students are also being administered with the vaccine."

So far, 140 million (14 crore) people have been vaccinated with the first dose while more than 120 million people with the second dose and 60 million with the booster dose against Covid-19, he added.

Earlier, the National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 recommended administering the fourth dose of Covid vaccine to contain the further spread of the virus, said Dr Shamsul Haque, director of the vaccination programme of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on November 30.