A total of 131,651 people were administered the second dose of Covid-19 vaccines on Monday as the government decided to suspend administering the first dose of vaccine temporarily from April 26.
On April 25, the government issued an official order on the suspension of administering first dose of vaccine from Monday and it will remain in force until further notice.
Among the vaccine recipients of the second dose, 82,292 were male and 49,359 female, according to the data of Management Information System of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
As of Sunday, the number of vaccine receivers of the first dose was 5,818,400. Of them, 3,608,059 are male and 2,210,341 female.
Besides, a total of 2,458,517 people received the second dose of the vaccine. Of them, 1,607,001 are male and 851,516 female as the countrywide vaccination campaign was launched on February 7.
People aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive Covid-19 vaccines, the health ministry sources said.
The vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1,005 hospitals outside the capital on Monday, the DGHS said, adding that the immunization program will begin at 8am and it 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 upazila-level while 7,234,754 people got registered till 5.30pm on Monday.
