“We hope to receive the vaccine doses in the first quarter of the next month.”“WHO will also provide the vaccine for 20 percent of our population. IMMUNISATIONHealth Minister Maleque inaugurated the measles and rubella immunisation programme in Dhaka by giving the shot to some children. The immunisation programme will begin on Dec 12 across the country and continue until Jan 24. Immunisation will continue from 8 am to 3 pm on weekdays, according to the Expanded Immunisation Programme of the Directorate General of Health Services. Due to the pandemic, the immunisation programme will not run out of schools but from community immunisation centres.

Source: bd News24 December 10, 2020 10:41 UTC