Citizens aged above 60 will get the fourth dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque on Monday.
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% of adult people have been vaccinated against Covid-19, he said. “Besides, students are also being administered with the vaccine.”
So far, 140 million people have been vaccinated with the first dose while more than 120 million people with the second dose and six 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 program of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), on November 30.
It recommended bringing front liners, citizens aged above 60, and pregnant women under the fourth dose vaccination program in the first phase, he said.
The seven-day special vaccination campaign against Covid-19 was launched on December 1 and will continue till Wednesday.
Around 9 million people will be vaccinated under this campaign and 17,116 teams will provide the service.
