Private hospitals across the country have started ordering Covaxin shots as they prepare to inoculate Indians between 15 years and 18 years against coronavirus – a drive that starts on Monday. Currently, Covaxin is the only authorised vaccine for teenagers in the country.
As many as 721,550 children in the 15-18 years age group had registered on the CO-WIN platform until 9.30 pm on Sunday.
On Monday, the vaccination drive for teenagers is likely to start slowly with most of the sites across India expected to administer only a few hundred doses each.
FOR THE NEW PHASE
- 721,550 children in 15-18-yr age group registered on Co-Win (until 9.30 pm, Sunday)
- 55-60 million doses a month it is currently producing
- 80 million doses a month Bharat Biotech is targeting to produce
Private hospitals have started ordering fresh Covaxin stocks
Teen vaccination drive will spread to schools and colleges in a week
But the pace is likely to pick up over the next few days and weeks.
Starting from government vaccination sites and private hospitals, the drive — that would cover an estimated 100 million children in India would spread to schools and colleges over the next few days.
This story is from the January 03, 2022 edition of Business Standard.
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