Hubballi: Drive Vaccination for teenagers aged between 15 and 18 took off in the Dharwad district on Monday.
Drive launched simultaneously at 450 schools throughout the Dharwad district.
With the Ministry of Education, Identifyed 63,203 students in the specified age group, the Department of Health Authority has made all the settings needed to achieve 100% coverage.
The drive for children was marked by the former Chief Minister of Jagadish Shettar at the Nagashettikoppa Government School in Hubballi, while Dharwad District in Tilling Ministers Shankar Patil Munenakoppa marked the drive at the Government School in Hebasur.Shettar said that vaccination drives would help prevent teenagers from Coronavirus novel, and Urge parents, teachers and authorities concerned to ensure the success of this vaccination drive phase.
Shettar expressed concern over the revival of the Covid case in the district in the past week.
“If we are not careful, the third wave of Covid will hit the country,” he added.
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Director of Public Instruction, Dharwad, Shanmuka Swamy Kaladimi told TI that their goal was to give the first dose vaccine to all 63,203 children in the four days students were only too excited to receive vaccines to be affixed.
After receiving the first dose, I felt safe, and I was quite eager to take my second dose after 28 days, “said Sujata a 10th grade student Vidyara.” I did not experience fear in taking Jab, because I knew it would happen.
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I appreciate the government’s decision to vaccinate children, “said Kushal Raj, a 9th grade student Sri Jagadguru Gangadhar High School in his first dose.” Initially, I was afraid to take Jab, but I convinced myself.
I took the first jab because it would protect me from the virus, “said Manjula H, a 10th grade student of JSS school in Dharwad.