Vaccination drive for Qawmi madrasa students begin
Covid-19 in Bangladesh
The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) started a special vaccination programme for the Qawmi Madrasa students on Sunday (6 February).
Students of Jamia Siddiquia Noorani Women's Madrasa in the capital's Mirpur area were the first to get inoculated under the special campaign.
"Today, 580 girls and 126 boys will be vaccinated. After that, students of Qawmi Madrasa across the country will be vaccinated in phases," Dhaka Civil Surgeon Abu Hussain Md Moinul Ahsan told The Business Standard.
Additional Director General of the Department of Health Dr Meerjady Sabrina Flora and Dr Shamsul Haque, member secretary of the Covid-19 Vaccine Deployment Committee of the DGHS along with senior officials of the health department were present during the vaccination drive.
The health department said that the Madrasa students would be given Pfizer's Covid-19 vaccine.
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