NE NEWS SERVICE
AHMEDABAD, MARCH 16
The COVID-19 vaccination of children in the age group of 12-14 years began at around 2,000 centres in Gujarat on Wednesday to cover 22.63 lakh beneficiaries. Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched the inoculation drive at a primary school in Borij village in the state capital Gandhinagar, the CM’s office said in a statement.
મુખ્યમંત્રીશ્રી ભૂપેન્દ્ર પટેલે 12 થી 14 વર્ષની વયજૂથના બાળકોને કોરોના વેક્સિનેશનના સુરક્ષા કવચથી આવરી લેવાની કામગીરીનો રાજ્યવ્યાપી પ્રારંભ આજે સવારે ગાંધીનગરની બોરીજ પ્રાથમિક શાળાએથી કરાવ્યો હતો, જે અંતર્ગત રાજ્યમાં 22.63 લાખ જેટલા બાળકોને કોવિડ-19 ની રસી આપવામાં આવશે. pic.twitter.com/iUsT1U0qZX
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) March 16, 2022
Patel interacted with some of the beneficiary children at the school and encouraged students to get vaccinated. He also interacted with health workers conducting the vaccination drive and lauded their work.
“The vaccine doses will be administered to the eligible children by the state health department in collaboration with the education and women and child development departments, among others,” the release said.
તા.16 માર્ચ, 2022 થી 12 થી 14 વર્ષની વય જૂથના બાળકોને પણ મળશે કોરોના સામે રસીનું સુરક્ષા ચક્ર. ઉપરાંત, 60 વર્ષથી વધુ ઉંમરના તમામ લોકો હવે લઈ શકશે કોવિડ-19 વેક્સિનનો પ્રિકોશન ડોઝ.#LargestVaccineDrive pic.twitter.com/dsyTPHmZRP
— CMO Gujarat (@CMOGuj) March 15, 2022
Two doses of Biological E’s intramuscular vaccine Corbevax would be administered to the children in the 12-14 years age group at an interval of 28 days, as per the Centre’s guidelines. The state health department has secured 23.05 lakh doses of Corbevax for the purpose, and they have been stored in cold chain facilities at a temperature of 2 to 8 degrees Celsius, the CMO said.
“More than 2,500 vaccinators across nearly 2,000 centres in the state will carry out the drive,” it said.
