Patna: The State Health Department has started preparations to vaccinate 32 lakh more teenagers against Covid-19 on January 26.
Children in the age group 15-18 are mostly class IX students to XII.
Because the council’s examination will begin next month, the state has set a target to vaccinate all test participants with at least one dose of vaccine.
Sanjay Kumar Singh, Special Secretary of the Ministry of Health, told this newspaper on Saturday that instructions had been issued for civil surgeons, DMS and district education officers among other officials concerned to wear plans to vaccinate Board students before the start.
“The team will be formed at the block level to cover all in the age group 15 to 18 years on January 26.
We have set a target to vaccinate the examinees before the council’s examination because they will gather in the exam centers,” he said.
Singh added: “We have improved and moved the vaccination team and verification throughout the country.
These teams will cover all schools.
Vaccination camp will be held by a medical team.
The cellular team will move from one school to another on each block.
This department It has 9,000 to 20,000 teams, depending on that day.
“The country has around 30 doses of lakh covaxin and more will come as needed.
So far, 26,70,041 adolescents have taken the first dose of the population projected from 83 lakh people in the age group 15-18 years.
Bihar School inspection board (BSEB) will hold a medium examination from February 1 to 13 and the matriculation exam from 17 to 24 February.
About 13.4 BSEB lakh students will appear for intermediary exams and 16.48 lakh for the temporary matriculation of a minimum of 2 lakh will appear in CBSE and up to 18,000 in the ICSCE exam.
In Patna, Tika Express will be operated from 16 to 30 January.
Five vehicles will be provided for each block, which will include vaccinators and verification.
Patna DM Chandrashekhar Singh has directed all executive officials to prepare work plans for 15 days to 30 January coordinate with members of their respective environmental councils.
He directed the officials concerned to make adequate arrangements for the arrival of vaccination vehicles in the ward on the scheduled date.
For extensive vaccination coverage, the DM has asked officials to travel awareness in every ward.
“For this, the door-to-door awareness drive will be done to notify people about the date of the arrival of Tika Express and session sites.
According to the plan, the vehicle will remain on every ward for three days.
Children between 15 and 18 years Vaccinated in the ward on schedule, “said Singh and directed officials to provide a copy of the action plan determined to the members of the environmental council concerned so that they could notify people in each ward.
Dr.
Vibha Kumari Singh, a civil patna surgeon, said the camps would be held at school to vaccinate all children who qualified on January 26.
“I have asked officials to provide data on all children who qualify on Monday, so no one is left behind..
The camp will be held at the school based on the list,” he told this newspaper.