Public doubt about vaccine going away
People are increasingly getting them vaccinated against COVID-19 as 1.58 lakh more people were vaccinated on the fourth day under the nationwide vaccination programme on Wednesday.
In the past four days, so far 3,37,769 people received the first dose of COVID-19, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
DGHS spokesperson Mizanur Rahman said that people are increasingly coming to take the vaccine defying fear and confusion.
‘We are hopeful to make the vaccination programme a success,’ he said.
Bangladesh began the nationwide vaccination drive against COVID-19 on February 7, after receiving the vaccine developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca.
On the first day, some 31,000 people took the jab, but the number continued to rise every day.
On Tuesday, over 1 lakh people also took the jab while the number rose to 1,58,451 on Wednesday.
Among who were administered on Wednesday, 19,115 were from the capital. Among the total vaccinated on Wednesday, 1,11,691 were male and 46,760 were female.
On Wednesday, 70 people reported minor side effects like fever, pain and redness on the injection site.
So far, 277 people reported such side effects, the DGHS said.
The DGHS aims to inoculate 35 lakh people in the first month of the campaign.
Bangladesh has so far secured 70 lakh doses of vaccines.
The country would obtain 1,31,000 more doses of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine under the COVAX programme by the end of February.
Besides, the second consignment of 50 lakh doses of the same vaccine will reach the country from the Serum Institute of India in late February.
Bangladesh is in a deal to get 3 crore doses from Serum.
Each person will be given two doses of the vaccine.
The government plans to inoculate 80 per cent of the country’s population.
To raise the vaccination coverage the government has in the meantime lowered the age slab for the general vaccine seekers to 40 years from 55.
People are required to register for vaccination through the Surokkha website www.surokkha.gov.bd.
The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination has begun 336 days after Bangladesh reported its first three COVID-19 cases on March 8, 2020.
The vaccination is being held at 1,015 hospitals across the country, including 50 in the capital.
People are vaccinated at the government health facilities in the upazila and district headquarters across the country.
The vaccination runs from 8:00am to 2:30pm every day at the immunisation centres.
A team of 204 health workers in Dhaka and 2,196 outside Dhaka are engaged in the vaccination drive.
A total of 7,344 teams of health workers and volunteers have been formed for continuous vaccination.
Bangladesh has so far tallied 8,239 COVID-19 deaths and 5.39 lakh cases until Wednesday. The daily test positivity rate has recently dropped to below 3 per cent.
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