Country rolls out Covid vaccination prog for kids

Bangladesh on Thursday rolled out a full-fledged Covid-19 vaccination programme for children aged between 5 and 11 years in city corporation areas across the country, reports UNB.
This vaccination programme will continue for the next 14 days, from 09:00 am to 03:00 pm daily.
The government has set a target to vaccinate 22.0 million (2.20 crore) children aged between 5 and 11 years (mostly primary school students) under this programme.
The vaccination programme was officially inaugurated at Nilkhet Government Primary School in the capital at around 09:00 am, in the presence of State Minister for Primary and Mass Education Zakir Hossain.
The Pfizer vaccine for children is being administered in 186 centres across 12 city corporations, the State Minister said.
In Dhaka, children will be vaccinated at 21 centres in two city corporation areas.
This vaccination drive will be carried out soon at school and community levels of districts, upazilas and municipalities, said the State Minister.
At the same time, street children who are school dropouts will also be vaccinated under this programme, he added.
Street children can get the jab through direct spot registration from booths at ward levels and various schools. Students can get the jab by showing their vaccination cards through online registration.