India holds Covid-19 vaccination drive for 15 to 18-year-olds. See photos
Covid-19 immunisation: Thousands of children, many accompanied by parents, queued up outside schools, medical centres and special health camps from early on Monday to secure their first dose of a vaccine.
Amid concerns of the Omicron surge, India began vaccinating the 15 to 18-year-old age group from Monday, that is, January 3, 2021.
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The move, announced by Prime Minister Narendra Modi last December, is meant to quickly expand the country's inoculation effort to cover the world's largest adolescent population.
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The UN children's agency UNICEF estimates India has the largest population of adolescents in the world with about 253 million of them.
Private and public schools doubled up as vaccination centres for children, while school authorities were ordered to report their daily vaccination data to state authorities.
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Thousands of children, many accompanied by parents, queued up outside schools, medical centres and special health camps from early on Monday to secure their first dose of a vaccine.
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Shreyas Iyer finished unbeaten on 28 off 24 balls, striking three boundaries, while Tilak Varma remained not out on six as India sealed victory in 13.2 overs.
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Tribals and farmers affected by the Ken-Betwa river-linking project stage a symbolic Chita Andolan (pyre protests), Jal Satyagraha and hanging satyagraha by placing nooses around their necks, over their demands of better compensation and rehabilitation, in Chhatarpur district, Madhya Pradesh. The 15-day protest ended after police removed them from site.
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Parallelly, the crackdown on protesters to maintain law and order situation in the sensitive areas of Central Delhi continued with lathi charge, tear gas firing etc.
