7-day Covid-19 vaccination campaign to begin on Dec 1

The government will begin a seven-day campaign for vaccination against coronavirus on the occasion of the Victory Day, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said on Tuesday.

Around 90 lakh people will be inoculated during the campaign, Maleque said at a programme commemorating the "World Antimicrobial Week" at a hotel in Dhaka.

“All the campaigns arranged by the government earlier were successful. I hope this one will also be successful,” Maleque said.

The government has so far vaccinated 14.69 million people with the first dose and over 12 million with the second doses, the minister mentioned.

The government has kicked off the campaign when the country is experiencing a bit respite in both death and infection rate of the virus.

Bangladesh health authorities recorded zero death from coronavirus and 23 new cases in the last 24 hours till Tuesday morning.

With the updated data, the death toll rose to 29,431 while the caseload to 20,36, 461, as of Tuesday.

The daily case positivity rate stood at 0.89 percent while the mortality rate remained static at 1.45 percent and recovery rate reached 97.48 percent.