On Thursday (October 14), the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will conduct a test run by vaccinating groups of students from two schools in Manikganj.
This will be dry run before kicking off the nationwide campaign for Covid-19 vaccination for students between the age of 12 and 17.
From 12:00 PM on Thursday, students of these two schools will be administered Covid-19 vaccine at the Colonel Malek Medical College Hospital in Manikganj town, said DGHS chief Prof Dr ABM Khurshid Alam on Wednesday (October 13).
After closely observing the situation for another two weeks after these students receive the jab, decision regarding vaccinating students of this age group will be finalized, said the DGHS chief from a Facebook live, streamed from the official DGHS page on the social media platform.
