PUNE Starting from January 3, 2022, the vaccination drive for minors aged between 15 and 18 years began in Pune as part of a national initiative
The vaccination drive ran from 10 am to 6 pm with 40 centers administering 250 doses each on Monday. Currently, in Pune, minors are being jabbed with Covaxin.
PMC allowed 50% of available doses to be administered via walk-in registrations.
No more than five minors were allowed at any one time, to avoid long queues. Students can register for the vaccine using an Aadhar card.
Samatha Pethne, a nurse at a vaccination center said, “Children coming to receive the jab are more confident than adults. The response received since morning is very good. Children are being jabbed with Covaxin in the same quantity as adults.”
“The experience of taking the jab was wonderful. I waited for 10-15 mins in the registration line, it took less time than expected,” says a Class 9 student from Vidya Patil Memorial School, who asked that her name be withheld.
With a number of Covid-19 cases, including that of the new variant Omicron, rising in Pimpri-Chinchwad, Municipal Commissioner Rajesh Patil has directed the officials of the PCMC to prepare for the possibility of a third wave, officials said.
At an emergency meeting of top officials of Pimpri-Chinchwad Municipal Corporation (PCMC) held on Saturday, the civic body decided to restart the Auto Cluster Covid Hospital in Chinchwad and the Jumbo Covid Hospital at Nehrunagar. Besides, it has decided to make at least two Covid Care Centres functional in the area.
