A younger beneficiary receives the COVID-19 vaccine at a municipal medical facility in Nerul, Navi Mumbai, on Saturday night. (Express picture by Amit Chakraborty)
Over 2 crore teenagers get first dose
With the variety of Covid-19 vaccine doses given to kids within the 15-18 age group crossing the 2 crore mark on Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged everybody to “keep the pace” and comply with correct protocols. Did.
“Excellent! Well done my young friends. Let’s continue this momentum. Urging everyone to follow all COVID-19 related protocols and get vaccinated, if you haven’t already,” Modi tweeted.
A well being ministry assertion stated greater than two crore kids aged 15 to 18 years have obtained the primary dose of the COVID vaccine since January 3, when the vaccination marketing campaign was launched for this age group.
Precautionary Dose from Jan tenth, excessive turnout anticipated for 60+
Even because the Union well being ministry stated bookings for “precautionary doses” would open on Saturday, slots for Delhi didn’t turn into out there until late night. According to a Delhi authorities official, a dose of precaution shall be given to all well being care and frontline employees and folks above 60 years of age on the current facilities beginning Monday.
“Slots will open tonight; A separate option called Precautionary Dosage will become available on the Covin portal along with the dosage 1 and dose 2 options. Those who had received their second dose nine months back would be able to book these slots. Vaccines will be administered at existing sites; The capacity of the sites will be increased by 20% for the precautionary dose,” the official stated.
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With inputs from TheIndianEXPRESS
