33.2 lakh students in Tamil Nadu to be given Covaxin from January 3

Public health officials said that vaccination camps will be organised on school campuses or parents can take children to the nearby primary health centres

Tamil Nadu health department will be inoculating 33.2 lakh students with Covaxin from January 3 onwards. All the children will be administered the vaccine following ICMR guidelines, the state public health department said in a statement. Vaccination camps will be organised on school campuses or parents can take children to the nearby primary health centres where Covaxin is stocked up.

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It said that the children’s group is now under the maximum priority of the government as they are at high risk and would take the virus back home. The department has directed schools to appoint a teacher as liaison officer to furnish the 15-18 age group details for vaccination, as children born before 2007 are eligible for inoculation.

Children, according to the health department officials, will be encouraged to motivate each other and proper awareness will be conducted among children to get them vaccinated.

Registration begins

Meanwhile, registration for vaccination against Covid-19 for teens between the ages of 15 and 18 began on New Year’s Eve on the COWIN portal, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. Taking to Twitter, the Health Minister requested people to register eligible teens in their families for this. “On the occasion of New Year, registration is being started on COWIN portal for immunisation of children against #Covid19 in the age group of 15 to 18 years from today. I request the family members to register the eligible children for vaccination. #SabkoVaccineMuftVaccine,” Mr Mandaviya tweeted in Hindi.

Caseload crosses 1 lakh

India registered a substantial spike in daily Covid cases at 22,775 in a span of 24 hours, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday. Also, 406 deaths were reported in the same time span pushing the toll to 4,81,486.The recovery of 8,949 patients in the last 24 hours has increased the cumulative tally to 3,42,75,312. Consequently, India’s recovery rate stands at 98.32 per cent.

Rs 33.2L
Students in the 15-18 yr age group in TN

3,48,61,579
Total no. of cases in the country as of Saturday

4,81,486
Total no. of deaths due to the virus in India

3,42,75,312
Patients recovered and discharged in India as of Saturday

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