Gurugram: Ahead of the launch of the Covid vaccine anticipated for children aged between 12 and 18 years, the Ministry of Health has begun to collect student data from schools.
Have asked all schools in the city to submit a list on October 25th.
A total of 127 governments and 232 private schools in the city are now preparing for children’s databases, officials said, adding that it is a step to ensure that vaccination to ensure vaccination plans are ready before the vaccine is ready to be launched.
Dr.
Virender Yadav, Chief Medical Officer, Gurugram, said: “We will prepare a micro plan after getting a list of children (12-18 years) from government and private schools.
We have also asked for school to identify places where vaccination drives can be made In their place.
After we get a list, we will check the area and number of students before arranging the camp.
In the event that the school has fewer children who qualify for vaccines, we will calm them at the nearest school.
“He added that vaccination could also occur in Primary health care centers and community centers.
According to the source that is aware of developments, the Zycov-D vaccine is expected to pass in November.
Thus, the Ministry of Health has prepared to improve his staff on how to manage a needle-free Jet Injector vaccine.
Jet injectors can be used to manage around 10,000 doses.
This is a three-dose vaccine that will be given on day 0, day 28, and day 56.
The vaccine has been approved to be given to children aged between 12 and 18 years.
“Yes, Zydus Cadila vaccine will be given through the applicator.
We work to ensure that health staff are trained to handle needle-free vaccines because they will be injected by intradermal routes,” he said.
Zycov-D is a plasmid DNA vector vaccine and has 66.6% efficacy against Covid-19.
Three trials were carried out at 12 to 99 years of the recipient.
At present, the cost is set at Rs 1,650 for three doses.
However, the government is negotiating for price reducing and final decisions about the possibility of being taken this week, the source said.
The vaccine will work with jet injectors, which is a painless technology but will be more expensive because of the injector price (Rs 30,000).
This technology is effective for bulk vaccination.
After every 10,000 doses, vaccinators must replace the jet injector with a new one.