The government has spent Tk 40,000cr for purchasing Covid-19 vaccines and implementing nationwide inoculation campaigns, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.

The government has spent Tk 40,000 crore to buy 22 crore Covid-19 vaccine doses and for administering them, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

The second round of the three-day-long countrywide Covid-19 special inoculation campaign will be started from March 28, read a DGHS circular.

Lithuania has changed its decision to donate Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh as the latter abstained from voting in favour of the UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia for invading Ukraine.

Vaccination for primary school students aged five and above will start soon after WHO approval, said Health Minister Zahid Maleque yesterday.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that the mass Covid-19 vaccination drive for administering second dose will begin on March 28 and will continue till March 30.

In an effort to contain the spread of Covid-19, vaccination for primary school students aged five and above will start soon after WHO approval, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said today.

Lithuania has cancelled its decision to provide Covid-19 vaccines to Bangladesh after the country abstained during the United Nations General Assembly vote on condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

Bangladesh has received 10 lakh AstraZeneca vaccines doses from the United Kingdom.

Those, who are yet to be vaccinated, can still take the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine at permanent vaccination centres across the country.

Barishal, Mymensingh, and Sylhet divisions have yet to reach the target of inoculating 70 percent of the population aged 12 years and above.

Bangladesh has become the largest recipient of Covid-19 vaccine doses from the US.

Nearly 71 percent of the country’s population aged over 12 have now got at least one dose of a Covid vaccine with around 1.12 crore people receiving their first jab on Saturday.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said one crore and 20 lakh people received Covid-19 vaccine yesterday.

Police arrested two persons for selling Covid-19 vaccines in Gazipur’s Sreepur upazila yesterday.

After people swarmed vaccine centres for their first Covid-19 dose under a daylong special campaign yesterday, health authorities announced the programme would continue till tomorrow.

Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said that there is no need to be worried as from today onwards, all doses -- including the first dose -- will continue.

A man died soon after receiving a Covid-19 shot at a vaccine centre in Chattogram this afternoon.

The nationwide mass campaign for the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines will continue till February 28.

At least 10 vaccine seekers were injured after being chased at by law enforcers at the  Bangladesh Health Management Institute vaccination centre in Savar during the countrywide mass vaccination campaign today, according to the witnesses.