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40,37,361 registered to receive COVID-19 vaccines

Published : Thursday, 25 February, 2021 at 9:57 PM  Count : 782

40,37,361 registered to receive COVID-19 vaccines

40,37,361 registered to receive COVID-19 vaccines


A total of 40,37,361 people have so far been registered to receive COVID-19 vaccines as the vaccination campaign was launched on January 27.

“As many as 40,37,361 people got registered till 2.30pm today to take COVID-19 vaccines,” Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) sources said.

As of February 24, the number of vaccine receivers is 26,73,038. Among the vaccine receivers, 17,46,132 are male and 9,26,906 female as the countrywide vaccination campaign was launched on February 7.

People aged 40 years and above now can get registered to receive COVID-19 vaccines, the health ministry sources said.

The vaccination drive was conducted at 50 hospitals in Dhaka city and 1005 hospitals outside the capital, the DGHS said, adding that the immunization programme will begin at 8am and it will continue till 2.30 pm every day.

But some hospitals will continue the vaccination programme throughout the day, the health official said.

People have been asked to register through visiting www.surokkha.gov.bd website to receive COVID-19 vaccines.

Emergency hotline numbers for receiving information on vaccination are 16263, 333 and 10655.

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