Vaccinate all teens: Gurugram health department writes to schools, welfare association
India Today
More than 10,000 vaccine doses were administered to the teenagers in a single day, during the first week.
The Gurugram health department wrote to all schools and residents’ welfare associations (RWAs), urging them to register all the eligible beneficiaries in the 15-18 age group for the Covid vaccine.
On Monday, 908 teenagers in the 15-18 age group received the first dose of the vaccine, with a total of 10,425 children being administered the jab in the past one week. More than 10,000 vaccine doses were administered to the teenagers in a single day, during the first week.
Earlier, the district health department set the deadline to vaccinate 100% of the eligible teenagers with the first dose of the vaccine by January 10 itself.
Dr MP Singh, district immunization officer was quoted by Hindustan Times as saying, ‘’there are approximately 151,000 people in the 15-18 age group in Gurugram, and over 98,000 of them have got the jab already. This figure was decided based on the last census, and keeping the growth rate in mind. Many children are yet to get the jab. The list on the eligible beneficiaries is likely to be revised this week, but meanwhile, we have written a letter to all the schools and RWAs in Gurugram to ensure that everyone in the 15-18 age group get the jab at the earliest as Covid cases are still on the rise.’’
On January 15, Haryana health minister Anil Vij announced that children who have not taken the jab will not be allowed to enter schools across the state.
