The government will start administering the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine under its mass vaccination campaign on Sep 7, according to the chief of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Director General of DGHS Professor Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam disclosed the matter while talking to reporters after an event at the Central Medical Stores Depot (CMSD) auditorium on Wednesday.
“Administering the 2nd dose won’t be a problem as we’ll have available stocks by then,” he reassured.
Responding to a question whether the jab seekers can walk in to their vaccination centers without SMS from the concerned authorities, he replied that details on the second dose will be elaborated after a meeting within the high officials of DGHS and the health ministry.
Dr Abul Bashar also claimed that the first phase of the mass vaccination campaign has been a huge success apart from a few isolated incidents.
He also informed that around 60 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccine will arrive in the country soon.
He mentioned that they have received 561 ventilators from friendly sources which would soon be dispatched to 300 Covid designated hospitals across the country.
Bangladesh on August 7 kicked off its mass vaccination drive aimed at inoculating as many adults as possible in a short period of time.
However, on Monday, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said that Bangladesh will not conduct any new mass Covid inoculation drive as the supply of vaccine doses is much lower than the demand.
“No more mass inoculation drives will be held in the country now as we do not have adequate vaccines in hand and we’ll not use the word ‘mass’ in future,” he told reporters at the Secretariat.
Source: United News of Bangladesh