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  • 17th December, 2021 09:01:28 PM
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Covid booster shots for frontliners, elderly to start on Sunday

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Health Minister Zahid Maleque has said that the health authorities will start administering booster shots of the Covid-19 vaccine for frontline workers as well as people aged 60 and above on Sunday against the backdrop of the rapid transmission of the new variant Omicron.

Earlier, the minister stated that only people aged 60 or above would get the booster dose.   

The National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) has also recommended starting a procedure to administer booster doses for the vulnerable section of the population.

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Although coronavirus infections, fuelled by Omicron variant, are on the rise in the country, people do not give a damn about abiding by health guidelines. They are thronging markets, shopping malls, railway stations and bus stands without wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. The photos were taken from Fishery Ghat in Chattogram city (top), and Tejgaon Railway Station (bottom left) and Farmgate in the capital on Sunday. —Rabin chowdhury/Md Nasir Uddin

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