Vaccination has been started for children in the age group of 15-18 years from January 3 in Karnataka
Bangalore:
The Karnataka Health Department on Sunday said that precautionary doses of COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers, frontline workers and persons above 60 years of age with co-morbidities will be started from January 10, with a target of around 21 lakh in the state. The beneficiaries are to be vaccinated. ,
Health care workers (HCWs) and frontline workers (FLWs) who have completed 9 months or 39 weeks from the date of second dose vaccination registered on the CoWIN portal are eligible for precautionary dose vaccination.
There is a similar criterion for persons above 60 years of age with co-morbidities, and no medical certificate is required for eligible beneficiaries to take the precautionary dose.
The precautionary dose will be the same vaccine dose that was given earlier.
Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will launch this precautionary dose vaccination at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Center at 10 am on Monday, while ministers in charge of all districts and taluks are planned to launch this, a health department release said.
“In nine months/39 weeks, 6 lakh health workers, 7 lakh frontline workers and 8 lakh persons above 60 years of age with co-morbidities will receive the precautionary dose,” it said.
It states that beneficiaries who have received Sputnik as the first and second doses are not yet eligible for the precaution.
Noting that all the districts with existing vaccine stock have geared up with micro plans, logistics, staff etc., the department said that the central government will send the required doses to the state, and all government COVID-19 vaccinations will be done free of cost. . Vaccination Center.
No fresh registration is required for the precautionary dosage, it said, adding that HCWs and FLWs below the age of 60 years, who have taken second dose from the civilian category and are not tagged on Co-Vin, will be given employment certificates. With the need to visit government COVID vaccination centres. Tag yourself in the appropriate category before taking the precautionary dose after the prescribed time interval.
With a target of 4.89 crore beneficiaries in the age group above 18 years, the state started COVID-19 vaccination in a phased manner from January 16, 2021, and 4.8 crore (99 per cent) beneficiaries have been vaccinated with the first dose and 3.9 crore . (81%) beneficiaries on second dose so far.
The vaccination of children in the age group of 15-18 years has been started from January 3, 2022 in the state with a target of 31.75 lakh beneficiaries, and the state has vaccinated 15.5 lakh (49 per cent) beneficiaries with the first dose. So far.
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