On the first day of the vaccination campaign for the 15-18 age group, 7,527 teenagers were vaccinated with the first dose of the covid vaccine in Gurugram on Monday.
The target on the first day was 7,700 vaccinations, Civil Surgeon Dr Virender Yadav said.
He said that according to the data provided by the state government, a target has been set to vaccinate about 2 lakh teenagers in the age group of 15 to 18 years in the district.
"Covaxin has been approved by the Central Government for the above age group. Under which its slots have been made available at all the health centres of the district.
Apart from this, vaccination centers have also been set up in various government and private schools of the district," Yadav said.
Dr MP Singh, Nodal Officer and Deputy Civil Surgeon of the vaccination campaign said that 38 vaccination centers have been set up in government and private schools in the district, 100 slots have been made available at each centre.
District Deputy Commissioner Yash Garg appealed to the health workers and said that with the dedication and hard work with which you have started the vaccination campaign for adults in the district. With the same morale, the vaccine campaign started for the age group of 15 to 18 years should also be taken to the pinnacle of success.