A total of 194,371 people were administered Covid-19 vaccines across the country on February 13.
Among the vaccine receivers, 127,043 were male and 67,328 females, according to figures by the Management Information System of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
The number of people, who got the vaccine shots, stands at 736,680 as of Saturday. Of them, 513,621 are male and 223,059 female.
People aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive Covid-19 vaccines, the health ministry sources notified.
According to earlier decisions of the government, people aged 55 years and above were only eligible for taking vaccines but the decision has been revised a day after launching the countrywide Covid-19 vaccination campaign on February 7.
The vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital on Saturday, the DGHS said, adding that the immunization program will begin at 8 am and will continue till 2:30 pm every day.
But some 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 the Upazila level while a little over 1.49 million people so far got them registered to be inoculated.
