Ludhiana: Because vaccination of children aged 15-18 with Covaxin will begin on January 3, the preliminary meeting was held with the Principal at Bachat Bhawan here on Tuesday.
Discuss the action plan after we accept this, we will run drive vaccination in a planned way.
The health team will respond to parents, whose agreement is the school authority will look for.
“” Not only children aged 15-18 years will be safe after being vaccinated, but also their brothers will build herd immunity and can better deal with virus attacks.
Because vaccination will reduce severity, “he added.
More than 8-lakh people in this district have not received the second dose.” People who have not received the second dose of vaccination they must advance and get themselves fully vaccinated.
In the midst of the threat of omicron, residents should not take Covid-19 lightly, “he said.
General Mamta Ashu said,” The biggest school challenge that will be faced is the approval of parents.
For this age group, we cannot force parents.
In the interest of a larger community and to ensure that our children remain safe, parents must make their children vaccinated earliest because we have to eliminate this disease.
“He added that to include maximum children in age groups, special vaccination camps will be arranged at school.” In addition to schools, children can visit other camps too.
Within a few months, the board test will begin, so we don’t want to disturb the teacher with this drive.
We will spread the volunteers of NGOs and teams from the District Health and District Administration to ensure full vaccination, “he said all who were born in 2007 or before qualifying.” District immunization officer Dr.
Minisha Khanna said, “The Ministry of Health will coordinate with the Ministry of Education for Priority