COVID-19: Jammu and Kashmir aiming to inoculate over 8 lakh children during vaccination drive for 15-18

Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha will launch the vaccination drive from the Government Higher Secondary School (Boys) in Jammu. 

New Delhi: As the COVID-19 vaccination drive for beneficiaries in the age bracket of 15-18 years begins on Monday (January 3, 2022), the Jammu and Kashmir administration is aiming to inoculate over 8 lakh children in the Union Territory.

"The J&K government is fully prepared to vaccinate the children between 15-18 years of age and has made all the necessary arrangements for the vaccination sites where the children falling under the targeted age group will be vaccinated," said a health official 

The school education department has been asked to encourage children to come forward and get vaccinated.