DHAKA : Health and Family Welfare Minister Sardar Md.
Sakhawat Hossain today said a nationwide emergency measles vaccination
campaign will begin from next Sunday [April 05].
“Children aged 6 months to 10 years will be administered the vaccine starting
from Sunday,” he said while briefing the journalists at Bangladesh
Secretariat here today.
Routine immunization activities under the Expanded Programme on Immunization
(EPI) will continue alongside the campaign, he added.
In the briefing, the minister said that the vaccines and syringes will be
collected and distributed across the country between Thursday and Friday. To
ensure the smooth implementation of the drive, leave for all health workers
at the field level have been cancelled, he added.
Addressing preparedness, the minister noted that adequate ventilator support
is available to face measles cases and hospitals have been equipped with the
necessary number of beds.
More to follow …
