Covid-19 vaccination drive for 15-18 age group begins today
Thousands of children, many accompanied by parents, queued up outside schools, medical centres and special health camps from early on
Thousands of children, many accompanied by parents, queued up outside schools, medical centres and special health camps from early on Monday to secure their first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine.
India kickstarted the vaccination drive for children aged 15 to 18 against the coronavirus from Monday. The registration process began on January 1 this year. On December 25, 2021, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had given his nod to vaccinate children in this age group during his address to the nation. He also mentioned that the precautionary third dose for the healthcare workers, frontline workers, and citizens above 60 years with severe health conditions will commence from January 10, 2022.(AFP)
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Private and public schools will double up as vaccination centres for children and school authorities have been ordered to report their daily vaccination data to state authorities.(AFP)
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Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma presents a certificate to a teenager on receiving the first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine, in Dibrugarh on January 3. (PTI)
The government is only giving children Bharat Biotech's Covaxin vaccine as that is the only vaccine with emergency use listing for the 15-18 age group, the health ministry said last week.(AP)
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Students register their names before receiving a dose of the Covaxin vaccine against the Covid-19 coronavirus during a vaccination drive at the Nelamangala Government High School and Junior College in Bangalore on January 3.(AFP)
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