Over 8.5 lakh children, adolescents to receive typhoid vaccine in Rangpur | District

RANGPUR, Oct 10, 2025 (BSS) - A total of 8,59,473 children and adolescents, aged between nine months and 15 years, will receive the Typhoid Conjugate Vaccine (TCV) in Rangpur district as part of a month-long nationwide vaccination campaign starting from October 12. Of the total, 2,10,619 children and adolescents will be vaccinated across all 33 wards of Rangpur City Corporation (RpCC), while 6,48,854 will be covered in the district's eight upazilas. These figures were shared during two separate press conferences held on Thursday, one at the RpCC conference room and the other at the District Civil Surgeon's Office auditorium at Sadar Hospital. RpCC Administrator Mohammad Ashraful Islam and District Civil Surgeon Dr Shahin Sultana outlined their respective preparations to ensure...