After city corporation campaign, COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 5-11 years began in the country on Tuesday.
The government’s aim to bring around one crore children under this three-week campaign. The vaccination began at 427 upazilas across the country.
The children will be given special vaccine of Pfizer-BioNTech. The second dose vaccine will be inoculated after eight weeks of the first dose.
After the trial basis vaccination started on August 11, the COVID-19 vaccine doses have been given to children aged 5-11 in the city corporation areas till Monday (October 10).