COVID - 19 Vaccination and Bangladesh

 Write a short composition on ' COVID - 19 Vaccination and Bangladesh ' . 

 Ans . Keeping pace with the whole world , the Bangladesh government has a plan to vaccinate 80 % , people by early 2022. Among the 7 approved vaccines , Pfizer - BioNTech by Germany , Moderna by the USA , Sinopharm and Sinovac by China , Sputnik V by Russia and AstraZeneca by the UK are being administered in our country .

 Bangladesh began the administration of COVID - 19 vaccines on 27 January 2021 , focusing initially on a pilot program of 500 health workers , while mass vaccination started on 7 February 2021. 

An online registration portal was launched where citizens registered using their NID number . Initially , registration was open to only those people who aged 55 and above . Then it was promptly lowered to ages 40 and above . On 5 July 2021 , after the vaccination programme had re - opened , DGHS announced the registration age would be lowered to 35 years and then it was further lowered 30 years on 19 July . 

However , the citizens aged 18 and above are being vaccinated currently . 

Even in Dhaka City , students aged 12-17 also have access to the vaccines . On Aug. 7-12 , 2021 , a week - long special vaccination campaign was held in a bid to inoculate people with little or no education without pre - registration , but just showing their identity cards .

 Again , the massive vaccination drive - for the second shot was held on Sept. 7-9 , 2021 . Earlier , on 5 November 2020 , a tripartite agreement was signed among the government of Bangladesh , the Serum Institute of India , and Beximco Pharma of Bangladesh . 

Though the Bangladesh government paid in advance for 15 million doses , it did not receive any doses of vaccine . As a result , Bangladesh had to suspend the first dosing of the Oxford - AstraZeneca vaccine from 26 April 2021. To ensure vaccination , on 27 April 2021 , Bangladesh's drug regulator authorized the emergency use of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine and Pfizer - BioNTech COVID - 19 vaccine .

 Next , on 6 June 2021 , DGDA authorized the emergency use of CoronaVac and Janssen on 15 June 2021. As the seventh vaccine Moderna was also authorized in Bangladesh . 

The mass vaccination has been going on in full swing and so far , more than 87 million of doses have been administered around the country . It is expected that Bangladesh will be able to vaccinate all of its people soon .

 Thus , we can achieve herd immunity . As a poor country , successful completion of vaccination will be a milestone for us .