A total of 150,000 doses of Pfizer vaccine, specially made for children has reached here at 7.30 am on Sunday.
A team of Covid-19 Committee led by Chattogram Civil Surgeon Dr Ilias Chowdhury received the covered fridges containing vaccines saying that these will be preserved in the EPI Stores for maintaining the cold chain until the vaccination drive begins for the school going children.
Dr Ilias Chowdhury said that a total of 1.5 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccines for the children aged 5-11 years reached here this morning.
The vaccines have been preserved at minus 15 to 20 degree Celsius which will be given to the school going students in the city and the district.
He said the work of preparing the list of the school going children with the help of concerned educational institutions is going on.
According to the Civil Surgeon Office, vaccination drives will be conducted in the port city under the supervision of the City Corporation and at the upazila level under the supervision of the respective Upazila Nirbahi Officer (UNO).
