New Delhi: More than two teenagers Lakh in the age group 15-18 has been given the first dose of vaccines against Covid-19 in the national capital, with the Northeast District of vaccinating the highest number of recipients.
According to official data, there were 10.14 Lakh beneficiaries in the age group 15-18 in Delhi.
Inoculation training began on January 3 with 20,998 people affixed.
Northeast Delhi has recorded the highest numbers on the first day and the trend continues in the following days.
Of the 33,000 beneficiaries vaccinated on the second day of exercise, 6,237 came from the Northeast Regency alone.
Likewise, on January 5, 6,848 of a total of 36,301 teenagers inoculated came from northeast district.
A total of 55,979 people were vaccinated in the national capital on January 6, with Northeast Delhi again leading by leading 8,199 beneficiaries.
8,012 other people in the district were dropped on Friday.
Geetika Sharma, Northeast District Judge, said it might be due to good planning by district immunization officers.
“We have a meeting with the teacher, the principal and deputy director of education so that all parties concerned are stored in the loop …
I have written to Deputy Director of Education who ask them to share a list of students in the target group we get instructions from the Ministry of Health,” he said.
After the CBSE exam starts, direction is issued to close the vaccination center at the school.
“Now, vaccination is mainly done for each school student,” he said.
Sharma said unlike other age groups, where people were hesitant to come out for the second dose, the attitude of the teenager’s population towards vaccination had cast a pleasant surprise.
“According to the numbers distributed by the Ministry of Education, there are 1,20,000 recipients in the northeast district.
Of the northeast regency, 86,000 students were in government and 11,000 schools in private schools.
The rest came out of school children.
Reach them will Be a challenge, “he said.
According to government officials, the response is good and there is awareness among people.
“We have made enough settings for recipients to be inoculated.
People from outside come here to get vaccination.
We aim to immediately complete the exercise,” he said.
Before launching the initiative, Minister of Health Satyendar Jain said three lakh people could be inoculated every day and this capacity could be increased if necessary.
He has a Delhi government to complete training in seven to 10 days.