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  • Second dose now after 8 weeks

    24th February 2021

    Govt decides in light of WHO suggestion; it also plans to vaccinate 70 lakh people in the first phase. The government has reverted to its original plan of administering the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine eight weeks after the first jab instead of the gap of four weeks between the two doses.

  • Mass Vaccination: Age bar brought down to 40 now

    24th February 2021

    Govt does it to improve response; experts say limit needs to be lower The government has allowed people aged 40 and above to register for inoculation against Covid-19 as only a fraction of the people eligible for the shots are responding to the campaign.

  • All set for Covid jab roll-out

    24th February 2021

    First batch of vaccines from Serum arrives; PM to launch pilot inoculation. The government has almost completed the groundwork for rolling out Covid-19 vaccine in the country early next month. It gears up for the mass inoculation campaign as the first consignment of 50 lakh doses, purchased from Serum Institute of India (SII), arrived in Dhaka yesterday.

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