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Covid vaccination for kids aged 5-11 to start Aug 11

News Desk Medicine 2022-08-10, 3:09pm

The campaign to vaccinate children, aged between 5-11, against Covid-19 is set to begin across the country Thursday.



The campaign to vaccinate children, aged between 5-11, against Covid-19 is set to begin across the country Thursday.
Initially, the vaccination will begin in 12 city corporations of the country.
The vaccination campaign will be inaugurated experimentally at Bangabandhu International Conference Center (BICC) in the capital on Thursday (August 11).
Prof Dr Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam, Director General of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), came up with the information.