Over 24K teens in 15-18 age group get jabbed on day 1
The Hindu
Number of beneficiaries in targeted age group is 18.41 lakh
On the first day of COVID-19 vaccination for children aged between 15 and 18 years, 24,240 teens in Telangana took the jab on Monday. The target population in this age group is 18.41 lakh.
Interestingly, the maximum number of beneficiaries were not from urban districts. The highest of 2,408 teens took the vaccine in Nizamabad, followed by 2,294 in Yadadri-Bhuvanagiri. Next on the list were the three urban districts of Medchal-Malkajgiri (1,902), Hyderabad (1,895) and Rangareddy (1,825). Currently, only Covaxin is being administered to the 15 to 18-year-olds.
Health Minister T Harish Rao, who participated at the launch of the drive at Primary Health Centre, Banjara Hills, said that Covaxin was the vaccine of choice as the gap between two doses is four weeks. For Covishield, the gap is three months.
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