Bangladesh campaign for corona vaccination to continue till 28 Feb

The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) has extended the time of special campaign for coronavirus vaccination by two more days.

The campaign will go on till Monday, DGHS additional director general (planning and development), Meerjady Sabrina, told Prothom Alo on Saturday.

The people thronged the vaccination centres across the country to take jabs.

The appearance of vaccine seekers was quite higher in some centres than the expectation. The DGHS received the news of chaos at some centres due to excessive crowd. The crowd is mainly seen in the areas where workers live.

Meerjady Sabrina said, "The target to vaccinate 10 million people has been fulfilled to a great extent. The people were enthusiastic to get vaccines. We would be able to meet the target of vaccinating 70 per cent of the people."

Vaccines have been given in 28,000 booths across the country from Saturday morning.

Huge number of volunteers alongside the health workers joined it. The DGHS has said some 142,000 people engaged in vaccination task.