Health Minister Zahid Maleque says that children aged 5-11 will get the COVID-19 vaccine at their registered school centres. Schools are preparing to administer the vaccines, he told the media after a National Mourning Day event at the National Cancer Institute and Hospital on Monday. The education authorities will specify which schools will have vaccination centres at a later date. Seventeen students from Dhaka’s Abul Bashar Government Primary School received the paediatric vaccine on a test basis on Aug 11. The vaccines, specifically designed for children by Pfizer, will be distributed to kids nationwide starting Aug 25.

Source: bd News24 August 15, 2022 21:40 UTC