DHAKA, Feb 27, 2022 (BSS) - Health Minister Zahid Maleque today said 
Bangladesh has set an impressive success on vaccination coverage as the 
country has already inoculated 21 crore doses of vaccine. 

  "We have been able to control three waves of coronavirus due to multiple 
initiatives including expansion of vaccination programme," Health Minister 
Zahid Maleque told a function at Bangabandhu International Conference Center 
(BICC) here, an official release said. 

   As a result of the sincere efforts of the government, Bangladesh has 
emerged as a successful country for controlling the spread of the deadly 
virus, he added.  

  "We have set the day-long nationwide campaign that began at 8am yesterday 
morning aiming to vaccinate one crore people but we have extended the drive 
for two days to bring all eligible people under first dose of vaccination 
coverage," the health minister added. 

  Second and booster doses will continue alongside the mass vaccination 
campaign, he said, describing the mass vaccination campaign as one of the 
largest one in the world.

   A total of 20,71,44,688 doses of COVID-19 vaccines including booster dose 
were administered till February 26, 2022 across the country.

  "A total of 12,07,56,056 people have so far been administered the first 
dose of COVID-19 vaccine till February 26 while 8,27,54,951 received the 
second dose across the country during the same period," according to the data 
of Management Information System of Directorate General of Health Services 
(DGHS). 

  As many as 36,33,681 people have so far received the booster dose of COVID- 
19 vaccine to prevent the spread of the deadly virus, it added. 

  Some 37,585 floating people across the country have so far received the 
first dose of vaccine.

  Of the total vaccination doses, 1,11,74,725 people received the first dose 
of coronavirus vaccines on the first day of the campaign while 8,15,073 
received the second dose and 73,855 received booster dose during the same 
period, the DGHS added.

  Bangladesh secured 10th position in the vaccination programme and the 
ongoing mass vaccination campaign will push the country into a new feat 
covering fully unvaccinated people to fight the COVID-19, the health minister 
said.

  "We hope that we will create a milestone of success in administering 
coronavirus vaccines to a huge number of people during the three-day drive," 
he added.