In a major decision invoving the battle against Covd-19, Bangladesh is considering inoculating primary school students, reports bdnews.
“We’ve vaccinated those above 12 years old. Now we will vaccinate the students below 12 years old,” bdnews quoted Health Minister Zahid Maleque as saying.
The statement came after an emergency meeting on vaccination at the Directorate General of Health Services on Monday.
The minister said discussions with the primary and mass communication ministry was ongoing. “They have said they're preparing lists of the students.”
But the vaccination programme for younger children will entirely depend on the approval of the World Health Organization as the authorities will need to readjust the doses for the students.
“The work will begin once we get their approval.”
Bangladesh launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive on Feb 7 2021. After nine more months, the programme to inoculate students aged between 12 and 17 began with the Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine.
According to the DGHS, more than 17 million children of that age group got the first dose of the vaccine. Nearly 13.46 million also got the second dose.
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