Can receive Covid jab without confirmation SMS after registration
Expecting and nursing mothers will be able to take the Covid-19 vaccine without confirmation SMS after registration. In this case, they have to carry antenatal check-up (ANC) cards or prescriptions from registered expert physicians to the respective centres they have selected to get the vaccine, said a circular published yesterday on the official Facebook page of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS).
Earlier on August 9, the DGHS issued a circular allowing expecting and nursing mothers to receive the Covid-19 vaccine after the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group of the health ministry recommended it.
Meanwhile, the health directorate reported 88 deaths of Covid-19 patients till 8:00am yesterday, raising the total number of fatalities so far to 26362, according to the DGHS press release.
In those 24 hours, a total of 3,436 people were tested positive for the virus — up from 3,062 the previous day.
The positivity rate was 10.4 percent against a total of 33,025 tests countrywide. The previous day, the positivity rate was 10.11 percent.
Due to the spread of the Delta variant of coronavirus, both the Covid-19 deaths and cases reached the highest in July.
The record highest daily positivity rate was recorded 33 percent on July 24 while the highest ever single-day death — 264 — was recorded on August 5 and 10.
The caseload has been declining steadily from the beginning of August and the deaths from the second week of the same month.
Of yesterday’s deceased, 44 were male and 42 were female.
-With The Daily Star input
