Covid-19 vaccination: minimum age limit 40 for now, says health minister
People crowd the vaccination centre of Shaheed Suhrawardy Medical College in the capital to get inoculated against Covid-19 on February 9, 2021. Photo: Rashed Shumon
The minimum age for Covid-19 vaccination will remain 40 for now, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.
The minister was talking to journalists following his speech at an event at Dhaka Dental College this noon.
For all latest news, follow The Daily Star's Google News channel. He said some 20-25 lakh doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine from Serum Institute of India (SII) will reach the country on February 22.
About vaccination, he said, "Due to much rush at some of the vaccination centres, people who have registered there, are not getting SMS. But everyone will receive vaccine gradually."
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