BSS, Dhaka
A total of 1,17,148 people were administered Covid-19 vaccines across the country on Monday (March 8).
Among the vaccine recipients, 72,358 were male and 44,790 female, according to the data of Management Information System of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
As of March 07, the number of vaccine receivers is 39,06,500. Among the vaccine receivers, 24,93,211 are male and 14,13,289 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 1,005 hospitals outside the capital today, 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. The inoculation would be administered among people in government hospitals up to upazila-level while 51,36,474 people got registered till 5.30pm today.