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Guwahati, Jan 3 (PTI) Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on Monday rolled out COVID-19 vaccination drive for teenagers in the age bracket of 15-18 years and announced plans to completely inoculate them within the next two months.<\/p>\n
Sarma launched the programme at Oil India Higher Secondary School at Duliajan, where 405 eligible school students were vaccinated.<\/p>\n
He said that the state government is going to launch precautionary third dose of vaccination for frontline warriors from January 10.<\/p>\n
“Glad to have launched Assam’s #Covid vaccination drive at Oil India HS School, Duliajan today. I urge all to take their vaccines … Planning to complete both doses of vaccination of 15-18 age group within 2 months so that they can confidently appear in upcoming exams,” Sarma said in a series of tweets.<\/p>\n
The camp was organised by Dibrugarh district administration and the District Health Society in collaboration with Oil India Ltd, he tweeted.<\/p>\n
“Senior citizens having co-morbidity & who have completed 9 months from their 2nd dose, will get 3rd dose of vaccine from Jan 10 onwards,” Sarma said.<\/p>\n
Assam Health and Family Welfare Minister Keshab Mahanta launched the vaccination drive for the 15-18 year-olds at Gopal Boro HS School here.<\/p>\n
Likewise, all state ministers along with BJP MPs and MLAs kick started the exercise in different districts and appealed to all students to come forward to get the jabs.<\/p>\n
As per an order by the health and family welfare department the entire exercise to vaccinate all students in the age group of 15-18 years will be completed by the first week of March, 2022.<\/p>\n
According to the National Health Mission data, a total of 3,76,79,340 doses of vaccines have been administered to those above 18 years of age in Assam. This includes 2,17,36,325 first doses and 1,59,43,015 second doses.<\/p>\n
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