Covid vaccination for children aged 15-18, to start from Jan 3 announces PM Modi
On Saturday, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the beginning of a major vaccination drive on 3rd January 2022, for children above 15 to 18 years of age. Precautionary doses to vulnerable sections of the population such as the elderly with co-morbidities and frontline healthcare workers will follow soon.
Citizens above 60 years of age with co-morbidities will also have the option of a precautionary dose of the vaccine on the advice of their doctor. This will also be available from January 10.
While addressing the nation, he said, “Realising the seriousness of COVID-19, today more than 141 crore doses have been administered in India. More than 90% eligible population has been vaccinated with the first dose… In many countries of the world number of infects is increasing due to the new variant of Covid. I appeal to all, not to panic but remain vigilant, and use masks and sanitize hands regularly.”
On the sidelines of the Omicron variant, PM Modi urged the nation to take every precaution like using masks, washing hands frequently.
He assured the nation of adequate infrastructure available for COVID-19.
PM Modi said, “India has 18 lakh isolation beds, 5 lakh oxygen supported beds, 1.40 lakh ICU beds, 90,000 pediatric ICU & non-ICU beds. We have more than 3,000 working PSA oxygen plants, 4 lakh oxygen cylinders have been distributed throughout the nation.”
He said while the experience of each country has been different in how the new Omicron variant was impacting them, the PM underlined that caution at an individual level has been found to be most effective against preventing the spread of the virus.
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