Ranchi: Young people in the 15-18 age group are very excited on Monday because the state starts the Covid-19 drive for them as part of national training.
About 19,000 teenagers received the first dose of Covaxin on Day 1.
In Ranchi, vaccination camps were held at DAV Hell, Zila School, Marwari School, Gauri Dutt Mandeliya School, the government plus two secondary schools and ATI.
Big turnouts seen in these camps where Walk-in registration and vaccination was carried out after the beneficiary registered themselves with the Co-Win application.
The drive starts when the country races with time to achieve 100% vaccination coverage for 18 years to add age groups on January 15 because of doubts among beneficiaries.
In the Stark contrast, teenagers respond very well on day 1.
Similar response reported from Jamshedpur, Bokaro and other districts.
At Zila School near Sahid Chowk, 150 beneficiaries inoculated at 12:30 a.m.
Rajiv Murmu, a class X student who took his shot here, said, “I arrived here at 9am with my friends to take a vaccine.
I am happy to get myself vaccinated.” Outside Marwari School, a group of girls busy taking a selfie To show off their ‘vaccination’ status on social media.
A class IX student said, “Lena Hai vaccine, Covid Bhagana Hai.
During the past year, we have lost our valuable time to enjoy our school days, study and other aspects.
We want to return to normal as soon as possible.”