Srinagar: The Covid-19 vaccination drive for children from 15-17 years age group was today rolled out across all the districts of Kashmir by the respective district heads.
On the occasion, the Deputy Commissioners encouraged the eligible teenagers to come forward and get vaccinated at nearest session sites to safeguard themselves as vaccination is extremely important for immunity against the Covid-19 infection.
The eligible teenagers are being given Covaxin dose by the Health workers as Bharat Biotech’s COVAXIN is the only vaccine with Emergency Use Listing (EUL) for the 15-18 years age-group and recommended by ‘Covid-19 Working Group’ of the National Technical Advisory Group on immunization.
