File photo of a health worker administering a jab during the ongoing nationwide Covid-19 vaccine campaign on Sunday, February 7, 2021 Mehedi Hasan/Dhaka TribuneA reminder message will be sent to vaccine takers in this regardThe government has decided to administer the second dose of the Covid-19 vaccine eight weeks after the first jab. Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Director General (DG) ABM Khurshid Alam confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune on Monday. On February 7, Bangladesh launched the vaccination drive with an aim to administer the second dose after four weeks. DGHS Additional DG Meerjady Sabrina Flora said the vaccine recipients will get a reminder message prior to be inoculated for the second time. Bangladesh recorded 11 more deaths from Covid-19 in the last 24 hours till Monday morning, taking the number of total fatalities to 8,285.

Source: Dhaka Tribune February 15, 2021 10:13 UTC