DHAKA, Mar 1 (NNN-BSS) – Bangladeshi Prime Minister, Sheikh Hasina yesterday said, teachers and officials of educational institutions in the country should be vaccinated against the COVID-19 by Mar 30.
She made the remarks, when speaking at the inaugural ceremony via videoconference, for distributing stipends, tuition fees, admission assistance and financial grants to poor and meritorious students.
“We’ve already instructed the Ministry of Health to take action on that, and the vaccine will be administered to everyone,” she said, as the government decided to reopen educational institutions in the country.
The government, on Saturday, announced reopening schools on Mar 30, and that universities will resume classes on May 17, as the COVID-19 situation eased in the country.
Bangladesh recorded 385 new confirmed cases and eight new deaths yesterday, bringing its total tally to 546,216, with 8,408 deaths, the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS) said.
The official data showed that 13,411 samples were tested in the last 24 hours across Bangladesh.
The total number of recovered patients increased to 496,924 currently, including 817 new recoveries yesterday, said the DGHS.
According to the official data, the COVID-19 fatality rate in Bangladesh is currently 1.54 percent and recovery rate is 90.98 percent.
Bangladesh recorded the highest number of daily new cases of 4,019 on July 2, and the highest number of deaths at 64, on June 30, last year.– NNN-BSS
