Bangladesh not to allow unvaccinated 12-plus students

Bangladesh government has decided that the students aged 12 years and above will not be allowed in the schools and colleges across Bangladesh without Covid vaccination from now on.

Cabinet secretary Khandker Anwarul Islam revealed the information in a press briefing at the secretariat after the weekly cabinet meeting on Thursday.

The instruction came in the wake of the spread of Omicron, a new Covid variant. Bangladesh has been witnessing an increasing trend of covid infection for past several days and the world is witnessing sharp spike in spread of Covid-19, especially Omicron variant.

The government has already taken various measure to contain the spread of the new covid variant and is planning to impose different restrictions.

 The Directorate General of Health Services has already gave a 15-point guidelines to contain the variant.

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