Bangladesh Thursday kicked off the second phase of  its special nationwide mass vaccination drive, aiming to inoculate 80 lakh people with the second shot in a day. The 9am to 3pm vaccination drive is actually part of the special campaign that was first unveiled on September 27 to mark Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina's 75th birthday. "The health department aims to inoculate 80 lakh people with the second dose of a Covid vaccine in a day, though the first-dose drive met its target in two days," Dr Shamsul Haque of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), told UNB. Read: Mass vaccination drive marks Hasina's birthday in Bangladesh

Vaccine doses will reach 64 districts of the country within Sunday and Monday as the mass vaccination drive is set to begin on February 7, said Dr Khurshid Alam, Director General of Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).