Those who failed to get vaccinated during the 3-day mass vaccination campaign against Covid-19  can still get the 1st dose at permanent centers across the country, said the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) on Wednesday. "We have vaccinated a large number of people with the first dose through the campaign. Even though, those who missed the chance to get vaccinated can come to our permanent centers ,” Dr Md Shamsul Haque,  member secretary of Covid-19 Vaccine Management Taskforce Committee, said at the daily briefing on the pandemic situation. Read: Mass vaccination campaign to continue till Feb 28: Minister One can get vaccinated after registration or through showing National Identity Card (NID), he added. Dr Shamsul Haque said, “There are many factories in different areas adjacent to the capital including  Savar, Keraniganj, Narayanganj, Gazipur and many people remained out of the vaccination programme there.

The government of India targets 100 per cent COVID-19 adult vaccination under the 'Har Ghar Dastak' program by December 31 as India achieved 50 per cent fully vaccinated adult population landmark on Sunday, reports ANI. "Congratulations India. It is a moment of great pride as over 50 per cent of the eligible population is now fully vaccinated. We will win the battle against COVID-19 together." tweeted Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. Read:From buyer of military goods, India wants to become Russia’s ‘development & production’ partner The states/Union Territories with more than 50 per cent of the adult population fully vaccinated are Andaman Nicobar Islands, Andhra Pradesh, Arunachal Pradesh, Chandigarh, Dadra Nagar Haveli and Daman Diu, Goa, Gujarat, Himachal Pradesh, Kerala, Ladakh, Madhya Pradesh, Uttrakhand, Tripura. D. Randeep, IAS, Commissioner, Health and Family Welfare, Government of Karnataka, said, "We are probably at 3rd place in the country now in 2nd dose coverage. We hope to reach 75 per cent at least by end of this month. 95 per cent would take around 45-60 days. "Coverage would actually be more than 64 per cent as many have taken the 2nd dose but under a different number or have forgotten to inform the vaccinator to punch as 2nd dose in the CoWIN app. Last-mile coverage through the door to door outreach. On lines of micro plan done for MR vaccination drive," he added. Last week the Union Health Minister and health officials conducted a meeting with states and UTs regarding the "Har Ghar Dastak" campaign and set the targets of 100 per cent first COVID-19 vaccine dose till December 31. With the administration of 1,04,18,707 vaccine doses in the span of the last 24 hours, the total COVID-19 vaccine doses given in the country has exceeded 127.61 crores. Read: Indian Army kills 13 civilians in botched anti-insurgency operation India's COVID-19 vaccination drive was launched on January 16, 2021. Initially, the vaccination was opened for Health Care Workers (HCWs) only. From February 2, front line workers were made eligible for vaccination. The vaccination drive was expanded from March 1 to include persons above 60 years of age and those above 45 years with associated specified 20 comorbidities. It was further expanded to all people above 45 years of age from April 1. From May 1 all persons above 18 years of age were made eligible for COVID-19 vaccination.

Apparently considering its dwindling stock, the government has decided to suspend administering the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine from Monday (Apr 26). In a circular on Sunday, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) asked the civil surgeons of all the districts, the chief health officers of all the city corporations, and the upaizla health and family planning officers of all the upazilas to take necessary steps in this regard. The first dose of the covid vaccination has apparently been suspended amid uncertainty over the availability of vaccine doses from Serum Institute of India as per contract following rapid surge in the virus cases and deaths in neighbouring India. Also read: Bangladesh to get 21 lakh Covid vaccine doses by early May: DGHS Bangladesh signed an agreement with the Serum Institute of India Pvt Ltd for 30 million doses of the vaccine. Bangladesh has received 7 million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India through its contract. Bangladesh also received 3.3 million doses of vaccine as a bilateral partnership gift. Although Foreign Minister AK Momen earlier assured people that there will be adequate doses of the vaccine but a record number of cases in India has made the delivery of the vaccine doses uncertain. Also read: Covid vaccine: Dhaka agrees on Beijing’s proposal to set up emergency storage facility In the mid-April, the pandemic has suddenly turned India into a Covid vaccine importer from a mass exporter. Earlier in the day, DG of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) Prof Abul Bashar Mohammad Khurshid Alam said Bangladesh will get 21 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine by the first week of May. “Most of these vaccine doses will be imported by Beximco Pharmaceuticals,” he told reporters following an online discussion meeting marking World Malaria Day. Also read: How long does protection from COVID-19 vaccines last? Among the doses, one lakh are of COVAX while Serum Institute of India will supply the rest, Khurshid Alam said.