<div><span style="font-size: 1rem;">The government will launch another seven-day special vaccination campaign against Covid-19 from Thursday. This campaign will send on December 7, Dr Shamsul Haque, director of the vaccination program of the Directorate General of Health Services (DGHS), told reporters on Wednesday.</span><br></div><div><br></div><div>Around 90 lakh people will be vaccinated under this campaign where 17,116 teams will provide the service, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>The National Technical Advisory Committee (NTAC) on Covid-19 has recommended administering the fourth dose of Covid vaccine to contain the further spread of the virus, said Dr Shamsul Haque.</div><div><br></div><div>It recommended bringing front liners, citizens aged above 60 and the pregnant women under the fourth dose vaccination progamme in the first phase, he said.</div><div><br></div><div>So far, 87 percent of the total population, including children, have received the first dose in the country while 73 percent the second dose, he added.</div><div><br></div><div>bnbd24/fas</div>