Booster dose campaign kicks off Tuesday after weeklong trial run
Surokkha platform will go online for booster shot registration
FILE PHOTO: A nurse prepares a syringe with Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre for Rohingyas in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, August 11, 2021 Allison Joyce/Dhaka Tribune
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Publish : 27 Dec 2021, 04:31 PMUpdate : 27 Dec 2021, 04:31 PM
After conducting a trial run for eighth days, Bangladesh’s Covid-19 booster shot campaign for frontliners and people aged 60 and over starts on Tuesday.
The authorities have completed upgrading online platform, Surokkha, which will be open for booster shot registration the same day, the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) told Dhaka Tribune on Monday.
“People eligible for booster dose will have to access the online platform using their vaccination card information and will find a new option for the booster dose. They have to update that and wait for the SMS to get an appointment, just like the first and second dose,” said DGHS Director General ABM Khurshid Alam.
Several booster dose recipients have already got appointment for the shot, which means the drive starts from Tuesday, he added.
The chief of the health directorate of Dhaka Division said that they have been informed about it, but were wait for details.
“We have already completed our preparation about administering the booster dose at the permanent centres. According to the instructions we have received, people aged above 60 and frontliners would get the shot,” he added.
So far, 71,147,382 people got the first dose of Covid 19 vaccines in Bangladesh among whom 49,141,696 people got the both doses.
According to DGHS, some 54 people received the booster shots during the trial run.
Booster dose campaign kicks off Tuesday after weeklong trial run
After conducting a trial run for eighth days, Bangladesh’s Covid-19 booster shot campaign for frontliners and people aged 60 and over starts on Tuesday.
The authorities have completed upgrading online platform, Surokkha, which will be open for booster shot registration the same day, the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) told Dhaka Tribune on Monday.
“People eligible for booster dose will have to access the online platform using their vaccination card information and will find a new option for the booster dose. They have to update that and wait for the SMS to get an appointment, just like the first and second dose,” said DGHS Director General ABM Khurshid Alam.
Several booster dose recipients have already got appointment for the shot, which means the drive starts from Tuesday, he added.
The chief of the health directorate of Dhaka Division said that they have been informed about it, but were wait for details.
“We have already completed our preparation about administering the booster dose at the permanent centres. According to the instructions we have received, people aged above 60 and frontliners would get the shot,” he added.
So far, 71,147,382 people got the first dose of Covid 19 vaccines in Bangladesh among whom 49,141,696 people got the both doses.
According to DGHS, some 54 people received the booster shots during the trial run.
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