Guwahati, Dec 30 (PTI) The Assam government on Thursday announced that it will start vaccinating students in the 15-18 age group from January 3.<\/p>\n
As per an official order, the exercise to vaccinate all the students in the age group of 15-18 will be completed by the first week of March.<\/p>\n
“The vaccination drive will start from 3rd January 2022 and shall initially cover students within the age group of 15 years to 18 years,” Education Department Principal Secretary B Kalyan Chakravarty said in the order.<\/p>\n
The Inspectors of Schools of all districts were instructed to select at least 10 schools in smaller districts and 15-20 in bigger ones to start the vaccination drive on Monday.<\/p>\n
“The Additional Deputy Commissioners (i\/c education) of the respective districts will supervise the conduct of the vaccination drive in a flawless manner in coordination with the Inspector of Schools,” the order stated.<\/p>\n
Besides, the Headmaster and Principals shall encourage the students to motivate their parents to take the second dose of the vaccine if not done earlier.<\/p>\n
The Inspectors of Schools will also ensure that the students of private schools and venture schools are covered in this exercise, the order mentioned.<\/p>\n
It further said that the Inspectors of Schools shall also collect the list of junior colleges, polytechnics, technical institutions in their respective districts for the vaccination drive.<\/p>\n
According to the National Health Mission (NHM) data, a total of 3,73,82,577 doses of vaccines have been administered to people above 18 years in Assam. This includes 2,17,21,026 first doses and 1,56,61,551 second doses.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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