Students Aged 12 to 17 years trial run for covid vaccine from today in Bangladesh

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 The Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) will conduct a test run for Covid-19 vaccination for school students at the Colonel Malek Medical College Hospital in Manikganj district in Bangladesh .

As more and more countries around the world are beginning to roll out Covid vaccines to children aged over 12, Bangladesh will also join the list through today's vaccination.

According to DGHS officials, a total of 100 children will be inoculated as part of the test run.

After this test run, the vaccination campaign for school students will be launched in Dhaka on a broader scale, added the DGHS DG .

"We will inoculate a group of students, aged 12-17, from two schools with Pfizer vaccine. We will observe them for 10-14 days to see whether there is any side effect," DG added .

The DGHS has around 60 lakh doses of Pfizer vaccines in stock with which around 30 lakh schoolchildren will be vaccinated, Health Minister Zahid Maleque said at a press conference.