Staff Correspondent: Dhaka, Jul-29,
The government has lowered the minimum age limit for taking Covid-19 jabs to 25 from 30 years in a bid to give a boost to the lagging vaccination rates in the country.
From now on, people aged 25 and above are eligible
to register for taking vaccines through Surrokha app, said sources at the
health directorate on Thursday.
The official app, launched by the ICT Division of
Bangladesh for providing the facility to register for vaccination, also came up
with the information.
Earlier on July 19, the government lowered the age
limit from 35 to 30 for vaccine registration.
If anyone wants to get registered for taking any
Covid-19 vaccine, he or she must provide the National Identification number to
verify.
The following information is available in the app:
1/ National Identification Number
2/ Date of
Birth
3/ Mobile
Phone number
4/
Co-Morbidity
5/ Desired
Address for Vaccination Center
6/ User
consent for receiving vaccine
The application verifies the user by sending an OTP
to the given mobile phone number and allows them to register. The registrants
can check their application status, download the Vaccine Card, and download the
Certificate at a later stage.
Health Minister Zahid Maleque on July 15 said
everyone above 18 years of age will gradually be vaccinated in Bangladesh.
“Arrangements are being made to gradually bring all citizens above 18 years under the Covid-19 vaccination programme in order to revive the country's education system,” he said.
