2nd phase of mass vaccination begins Thursday

The government will begin administering the second dose of coronavirus vaccine from tomorrow under the mass vaccination campaign.

The campaign will begin around 9am and continue till 3pm and the time span will be extended if necessary, Md Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the vaccine deployment committee, said in a virtual press conference on Wednesday.

Bangladesh vaccinated 75 lakh people in a single day on September 28 under a mass vaccination campaign marking the birth anniversary of Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina.

“We have taken all sorts of preparations to conduct the campaign smoothly. People have been calling upon by loudspeakers to receive their second jabs,” Shamsul Haque said.

Required amounts of vaccines with logistic support have already been sent to the respective vaccination centres across the country, he said.