Dhaka, June 20 -- Health Minister Zahid Malik on Thursday said Vitamin-A plus capsules have been tested several times in labs to avoid problems this time.

The minister said this at a press briefing at the Secretariat ahead of the Vitamin-A Plus campaign.

The campaign is scheduled to be held on June 22 across the country to feed Vitamin A-plus capsules to nearly 2.20crore children aged from six months to five years. "There's no problem over the quality of Vitamin-A Plus capsules. Some of the capsules, made by prominent local companies, have been brought from abroad."

The rate of children's night-blindness in the country has come down below one percent and it will be brought to zero level, he said.

The Health Minister also said the rate...