Poor response to Bangladesh's Covid-19 vaccination drive
Church officials blame a lack of awareness, misinformation and poor publicity for low registration
A young man receives a Covid-19 vaccine on Feb. 8 in Bangladesh’s Gopalgonj district. (Photo Hilton Bhowhick)
Bangladesh’s government has launched a nationwide mass Covid-19 vaccination program amid an apparent lack of enthusiasm from people to get registered for the jabs.
A total of 31,160 people who registered got first shots of the vaccine on the first day of the vaccination drive on Feb. 7, according to Health Ministry data.
However, health officials said the government was ready to vaccinate 360,000 people on the first day and was aiming for 3.5 million people to get a two-dose vaccine in the first phase of the drive.