{"id":17948,"date":"2021-09-07T19:20:38","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T14:20:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/?p=17948"},"modified":"2021-09-07T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2021-09-07T11:29:01","slug":"bangladesh-begins-mass-vaccination-for-2nd-covid-dose","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pni.net.pk\/en\/latest-health-news\/bangladesh-begins-mass-vaccination-for-2nd-covid-dose\/","title":{"rendered":"Bangladesh begins mass vaccination for 2nd COVID dose"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA, Sep 7 (AA\/\/APP):Bangladesh on Tuesday started giving a second dose of corona-virus vaccine for over 5 million people who were vaccinated last month under a special drive.<\/p>\n<p>The South Asian delta nation of nearly 165 million people held the week-long special vaccination campaign on Aug. 7-12 in a bid to inoculate people with little or no education without pre-registration, but just showing their identity cards.<\/p>\n<p>According to a government decision taken on Monday, the massive vaccination drive for the second shot will be held on Sept. 7-9.<br \/>\nAmid slow improvement of the pandemic situation, Bangladesh has so far recorded nearly 26,700 fatalities with more than 1.5 million cases and over 1.4 million recoveries.<\/p>\n<p>Some 28.5 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been served in the country while nearly 9 million people have received two doses. More than two-third people are still waiting for the second dose.<br \/>\nAccording to official figures, more than 39.4 million people have applied for corona-virus vaccines. Over 10 million people are still waiting for their first dose after registration.<\/p>\n<p>Health Minister Zahid Maleque, however, assured Monday that there will be no vaccine shortage to inoculate all people across the country soon.<br \/>\nHe said Dhaka will receive 25 million doses in September \u2013 20 million from China and 5 million from COVAX, a WHO-led global vaccine-sharing facility.<\/p>\n<p>Earlier, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina pledged to inoculate all people in Bangladesh while Maleque assured of getting 160 million shots in September-January to cover at least 80% of population.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>DHAKA, Sep 7 (AA\/\/APP):Bangladesh on Tuesday started giving a second dose of corona-virus vaccine for over 5 million people who were vaccinated last month under a special drive. 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