Bangladesh government has decided to start administering the fourth dose of Covid vaccine from December 20 on trial basis, according to the Directorate General of Health Services.
Addressing a press conference on the fourth dose of Covid vaccine at the DGHS in Dhaka on Tuesday, DGHS additional director general Professor Dr Ahmedul Kabir said that the fourth dose will be given at seven centers in the beginning.
One hundred people will be vaccinated at each designated centre and they will be kept under observation for two weeks, said the ADG.
All citizens having health risks will be vaccinated with the fourth dose from January 1 next year, he added.
On Monday, health minister Zahid Maleque said that citizens aged above 60 would get the fourth dose of Covid vaccine first.
Earlier, the National Technical Advisory Committee on Covid-19 recommended administering the fourth dose of Covid vaccine to contain the further spread of the virus, said Dr Shamsul Haque, director of the vaccination program of the Directorate General of Health Services, on November 30.
It recommended bringing front liners, citizens aged above 60 and the pregnant women under the fourth dose vaccination progamme in the first phase, he said.