Poulami Roy Banerjee Kolkata: Only a handful of schools throughout the city who started the second dose drive for students aged between 15 years and 17 years.
The majority of schools tend to start the second dose inoculation just from next week.
The health department resources say that almost 90% of all adolescents who qualify in this age group have been borne by the first dose.
“The gap between the covaxin dose is four to six weeks.
Since delaying up to six weeks after the first dose is expected to offer a better efficacy, we will not come out for the second jab.
We, however, will increase the second drive to this age group from mid Next week, “said a source at Swasthya Bhawan.
Inoculation drive for those aged 15 to 17 years launched on 3.
Therefore, those who took the first dose on the launch day had qualified for Jabus second in February 1.
Sakhawat warning middle school was one of the first school to launch a dose drive Second of February 1.
The drive will continue until 3.
February a total of 480 students will now be eligible for the second jab.
“We will send documents and data related to the first and second dose recipients to the Ministry of Education and will act further in accordance with their instructions,” said Sakhawat Memorial Girls High School Head Madam, Papia Nag Sinha Mahapa.
“We will start offering the second dose drive from Thursday,” said Lakshmipat Singhania Academy Director Meena Sis.
Sanskrit Collegiate School will start the second dose of the drive from February 7 and so on.
“We have binded with four schools such as La Martiniere for Boys, La Martiniere School for Girls, Sushila Biral Girls’ School and Birla High School.
Because we started the first dose drive on January 5, we had to wait a few more days to make sure the gap was 28 days Mandatory, “said Pradip Tondon, CEO, Belle Vue Clinic.
Resources say the Ministry of Health said that slightly above 40,000 second jabs had been given to this age group so far.
“Of the total 45 teenagers who qualified in this age group, around 40 lakh already get the first dose.
The second dose drive will also begin to take steps in about two weeks,” said Ashim Das Malakar, a family of family welfare officials.