New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi has made a big announcement on the Corona vaccination campaign. Similarly, vaccination of children of 15-18 years will start from January 3. Simultaneously, from January 10, as a precautionary dose of vaccines will be started for health and frontline personnel, people above 60 years suffering from other serious diseases, said the Prime Minister while addressing the nation on Saturday. .
On this occasion, the Prime Minister urged the countrymen to avoid any kind of rumor and be alert to the new form of Corona, Omicron. He said, “The children who are between the age of 15 years to 18 years will now start vaccination in the country. In the year 2022, it will be started from Monday on 3rd January.
He said that this decision will not only strengthen the country’s fight against corona virus, it will also reduce the worries of children going to schools and colleges and their parents. Recalling the contribution of health workers and frontline personnel in the fight against Corona, the Prime Minister said that they have a huge contribution in keeping the country safe.
The Prime Minister said, “Therefore, from the point of view of prevention, the government has decided that ‘precaution doses’ of the vaccine will also be started for healthcare and frontline workers. It will be started in 2022, on January 10, Monday. Simultaneously, Prime Minister Modi announced, “For citizens with co-morbidities above 60 years of age, the option of precaution doses of the vaccine on the advice of their doctor will also be available to them. This too will be available from January 10.
Significantly, so far a total of 415 cases of Omicron form of corona virus have been reported in India, out of which 115 people have become healthy or have left the country. According to the updated data of the Union Health Ministry till 8 am on Saturday, Maharashtra has the highest number of 108 cases of Omicron. After this, 79 cases were reported in Delhi, 43 in Gujarat, 38 in Telangana, 37 in Kerala, 34 in Tamil Nadu and 31 in Karnataka.