Desk Report
Publish: 13 Jan 2022, 02:41 pm
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The
Health Directorate has directed that Moderna Vaccine be given instead of Pfizer as the booster dose.
This
information was given in a circular signed by Dr. Shamsul Haque, Member
Secretary, Covid-19 Vaccine Management Task Force Committee of the Directorate's
Expanded Programme on Immunization (EPI) today (Thursday, January 13).
The
third dose (booster) vaccine is being given to people over 60 years of age and
frontline fighters in the country to prevent coronavirus infection. From the beginning
until now, Pfizer has been administrated as the booster dose.
The
directive states that the Moderna Covid-19 vaccine should be given instead of
Pfizer as the third dose subject to vaccination at all levels of the country in
the Covid-19 vaccination program. In this case, the Pfizer Covid-19 vaccine is
only recommended for both school and college going students (12-17 year olds)
and for those who have received the Pfizer vaccine as the first dose.
With
the kind approval of the Director General of the Health Directorate, the letter
has been sent to all the Divisional Health Directors, Directors of Government
Medical College Hospitals (All), All Government General Hospitals, Deputy
Directors / Supervisors / Superintendents of District Headquarters Hospitals,
Civil Surgeons and others concerned.
Pfizer,
Modernna, AstraZeneca, Sinopharm and Sinovac are now being administrated in the
country as first and second doses. However, the National Immunization Technical
Committee-Nightag has recommended Pfizer, Moderna or AstraZeneca as booster doses.
As
of Wednesday, 5,40,526 people across the country had been given booster doses,
according to the Department of Health. Among them, the highest number of 2 lakh
70 thousand 462 people got the Pfizer vaccine. In addition, 2,46,330
Oxford-AstraZeneca and 22,734 Moderna vaccines were given as booster doses.
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