The highest number of children aged 15 to 18 in the world
(ANSA) – ROME, JANUARY 03 – India has started vaccinating children between the ages of 15 and 18 against Covid. According to Unicef, this is 253 million people, the largest population of adolescents in the world. The Ministry of Health, reports the Guardian, has specified that the boys will be given two doses of Covaxin at a distance of 28 days from each other.
“The largest vaccination campaign in the world has begun.
If the kids are safe, our country’s future is safe “, tweeted Minister Mansukh Mandaviya.
India has recorded an additional 33,750 new coronavirus cases in the past 24 hours, a record since September 18, and 123 deaths.
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