Health authorities in Bangladesh has lowered the minimum age to 50 years and above for receiving booster dose of COVID-19 vaccine.
The information was disclosed by health minister Zahid Maleque on Monday (January 16).
"Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has given the approval of lowering age limit to 50 years and above," he told the press this afternoon.
In a bid to contain the transmission of coronavirus, the government launched the COVID-19 booster shot campaign with Pfizer vaccine on December 19 initially for those above 60 years.
