Over 1L students to get jab in DK

Mangaluru:

Dakshina Kannada

district is gearing up to vaccinate those between 15-18. The district has 1,01,549 children. Deputy commissioner

K V Rajendra

directed health and other department officials to prepare a list of students, to organise vaccination camps from January 3 onwards.Presiding over a meeting at the DC’s office on Wednesday, he said that children and youngsters between 15-18 will be administered the Covaxin vaccine, and hence local primary health centres should form vaccination teams in the concerned areas. An action plan should be in place to organise camps in coordination with the education department and department of PU education. A list of children and youngsters studying in schools, colleges, ITIs, polytechnics and others should be prepared, he said. He also directed colleges to call for parent-teacher committee meetings, and to provide vaccination details.Meanwhile, chairing a review meeting on the Prime Minister’s 15-point programme for minorities, the DC directed minority welfare district officer Anjanappa to spread awareness on the vaccination drive. He said that the

madrassa

education system and the annual examinations should not clash with the

SSLC

examination. He asked the officials to make use of the madrassa modernisation scheme. Awareness must be created among minorities about the skill development programme, he said.