Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij on Sunday said that 15.40 lakh children in the age group of 15 to 18 years will be administered the Covid vaccine from January 3 onwards in the state.
“Preparations have been completed for vaccination drive in the state,” Vij said while speaking with Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Mansukh Mandaviya in a virtual meeting of all states on 'Covid Review and Vaccination'.
Vij informed that from January 3, the work of providing vaccination to children in the age group of 15 to 18 years would be started on a wide scale across the state. The state needs 10 lakh more vaccines for this drive, he said.
The Union Health Minister assured that by Monday morning the vaccine doses will be made available in the state and there is no need to worry about the availability of the vaccine.
At present, more than 8 lakh Covaxin and more than 31 lakh Covishield vaccines are available in Haryana.
Vij said that 98 percent of the first dose and 70 percent of the second dose has been administered in the state.
He informed the Union Health Minister that from January 1, 2022 a ban has been imposed on public places, offices, banquet halls, restaurants and other places in the state for those who have not got both doses of the Covid vaccine. This had a favorable effect and people queued up at the vaccination centres to get the vaccine, he said.
Vij said that taking lessons from the second wave of Corona, it was decided that it would be mandatory to set up PSA plants in government and private hospitals with more than 50 beds. So far, PSA plants have been commissioned in 84 government hospitals. Similarly, 54 private hospitals have also set up plants. Efforts are being made to set up plants in the remaining hospitals soon so that Haryana can become completely self-sufficient in the matter of oxygen, he added.
The Minister further said that except only one district in the state, RTPCR labs have been set up in all other districts and these labs have been made fully operational. He also informed that Genome Sequencing Lab has been made functional in the state.