Nagpur: More than 66,000 beneficiaries of the 15 to 18-year-old group have been vaccinated on the second day of drives for child vaccination in Vidarbha on Tuesday against nearly 60,000 on the first day on Monday.
The numbers include 16,683 from Nagpur Regency (including 9459 from the NMC limit).
Five districts in Amravati Division together reached 39,550 vaccinations of the day.
This number increased as junior schools and colleges joined and vaccinated students registered with Covaxin.
Although more than 1.2 lakh from 15 to 18 groups have been immunized in the last 48 hours, but no side effects the following immunization (AEFI) has been reported in one of the 11 Vidarbha regencies.
The term doctor is a very good sign.
“The makers of Bharat Biotech are convinced that the vaccine is safe for the child’s age group.
Even during the trial was held at Nagpur, no AEFI was reported, “said Dr.
Vasant Khalatkar, the main researcher of the human trial from Covaxin for children held in Nagpur.
The doctor said this week the vaccination of teenagers was very important.
“This week will prove vaccine security in a larger group.
About 1 crore children are expected to get a vaccine in the country in the first three days, and without a large AEFI, it will convince that the vaccine is safe.
This will encourage the government to expand vaccination campaigns, “said pediatrician Dr.
Avanti Dhondge.
In the next stage, the government is likely to add recipients of 12-15 age groups into vaccination campaigns.
The biggest challenge from the reopening of the school can be handled with this expansion.
Authorities say enough covaxin doses are health workers available and even available to manage doses.
Availability scenarios can change after the dose of booster drive which starts from January 10, because it can be difficult to reserve so much special health workers for school.
Realizing this, many schools and junior colleges have been applied for vaccination schedules until Saturday.
As a school provides the right list of students, exactly the number of doses that can be sent to schools that reduce vaccine waste.
Overall, vaccination groups are happening in a more organized way in the first week.
More than 66,000 from 15-18 groups in Vidarbha were affixed to day 2
