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Over 52000 receive 1st dose across UT as LG launches vaccination drive for 15-18 age group #IndiaNEWS #Todays story
*29784 get 1st jab in Jammu, 22905 in Kashmir
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JAMMU/SRINAGAR, Jan 3: A total of 52,689 children across Jammu and Kashmir were today administered 1st dose of Covaxin after Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha rolled out COVID-19 vaccination drive for teenagers in the age bracket of 15-18 years in Jammu and Additional Chief Secretary, Health & Medical Education Department Vivek Bhardwaj in Kashmir.
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The LG started the vaccination drive for the young children in the age group 15-18 years from Government Higher Secondary School (Boys), Gandhi Nagar (Jammu) in the presence of Chander Mohan Gupta, Mayor JMC, Rajeev Rai Bhatnagar, Advisor to the LG, Dr Arun Kumar Mehta, Chief Secretary, Dr Raghav Langer, Divisional Commissioner Jammu and Anshul Garg, Deputy Commissioner Jammu.
Students of a school flashing victory sign after getting first dose of COVID-19 vaccine in Jammu on Monday. (UNI)
In Kashmir, the drive was kick-started by Additional Chief Secretary Health and Medical Education Department Vivek Bhardwaj from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothibagh Srinagar. Director Health Services Kashmir Dr Mushtaq Ahmad Rather, Deputy Commissioner Srinagar Muhammad Aijaz Assad, Director School Education Kashmir Tasaduq Hussain, CMO Srinagar, DHO Srinagar and other concerned officials of Health and Education Department were present on the occasion.
Similarly, in each and every district of the UT, concerned Deputy Commissioners and Chief Medical Officers rolled out the drive. The J&K Government has set a target of inoculating 1st dose of Covaxin to 8. 33 lakh children across the UT within 10 days. The drive, a part of the national campaign against the COVID pandemic, has generated hope among the students of class 9-11 as well as their teachers about resumption of their normal schooling which was badly hit by the disease since its outbreak in early 2020.
On the first day of inoculation drive, a total of 52,689 teenagers (between 15-18 years) across the Union Territory received first dose of Covaxin. While 29,784 children were vaccinated at 804 vaccination sites across Jammu Division, a total of 22,905 received 1st dose in Kashmir Division at 1172 vaccination sites. In Jammu Division, 8713 young children were inoculated in district Jammu across 145 vaccination sites, 4317 across 160 sites in Udhampur district, 3353 across 82 sites in Rajouri district, 2277 across 51 sites in Kathua district, 672 across 44 sites in Poonch, 2176 across 65 sites in Ramban, 4226 across 44 sites in Doda district, 655 across 65 vaccination sites in Kishtwar, 1379 across 95 sites in Reasi and 2016 children across 53 sites in Samba district.

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