Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that in just one month, 65 percent children in the age group of 15 to 18 in the country have been given the first dose of the vaccine.
Children’s vaccination started in January (file photo)
The world has been fighting a war against the Corona epidemic for the last two years. Corona’s third wave and Omicron (Omicron) Amidst the pace of infection, 15 to 18 year olds are being vaccinated in India. During this, while news of vaccine shortage is coming to the fore in many states, on the other hand, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya. (Mansukh Mandaviya) Said that in just 1 month, 65 percent of children in the age group of 15 to 18 in the country were vaccinated. (Corona Vaccination) The first dose has been given.
Giving this information through his tweet, he called it a historic effort of Young India. Mandaviya said, ‘Young India’s historic effort continues. In just 1 month, 65 percent of children in the age group of 15-18 got the first dose of the vaccine. World’s largest vaccination campaign is creating new records under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
The positivity rate in the country is 9.27 percent
On the other hand, if we talk about the COVID cases coming in the country, in the last 24 hours, one lakh 49 thousand 394 new cases of corona virus have been reported and 1072 people have died. Today 13 percent cases of corona have come less as compared to yesterday. Yesterday one lakh 72 thousand 433 cases came. The positivity rate in the country is now 9.27 percent. Know what is the latest situation of Corona in the country.
Active cases reduced to 14 lakh 35 thousand 569
According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry, now the number of active cases in the country has come down to 14 lakh 35 thousand 569. At the same time, the number of people who lost their lives due to this epidemic has increased to 5 lakh 55. According to the data, yesterday, two lakh 46 thousand 674 people were cured, after which 4 crore 17 thousand 88 people have become infection free.
Amidst the increasing cases of the new variant of corona in the country, Omicron, now soon 12-14 year olds will also get the vaccine. NTAGI Group Chief Dr. NK Arora said that from March these children will be vaccinated. Experts said that children of 12-17 years are the same as adults. Arora said that therefore it was decided to first give the vaccine to the adolescents of 15-17 years. Once their vaccination is completed, then the vaccination of children below this age will be started. At the same time, approval has been given by the government for the use of Covaxin in emergency for children aged 2 to 17 years. Some experts had said that children with mobility from 5 to 14 years should be given the first vaccination.
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