Covid vaccine for children in India: 40 lakh 15 to 18-year-olds jabbed on day 1
An estimated 40 lakh children in the 15-18 age group were vaccinated yesterday against Covid-19 on the first day in India as the country expanded the ambit of its inoculation to include children against the infection amidst a surge in daily fresh cases in New Delhi, Maharashtra and West Bengal.
With this, India's total Covid-19 vaccination coverage has reached 146,6136,622 today, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
The daily vaccination tally is expected to increase with the compilation of the final reports for the day by late tonight, the Indian health ministry said.
Children between 15-18 age bracket, many of them accompanied by their kin, turned up at their schools and other health facilities to take India's indigenous vaccine Covaxin.
India's countrywide Covid-19 vaccination drive was rolled out on January 16 last year and vaccination of the all eligible population above 18 years of age started from May 1 of the same year. The vaccination of adults are being done using both Covaxin and Covishield jabs.
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