Gearing up to roll out the COVID-19 vaccination for children in the 12-14 age group on Wednesday, Karnataka has stocked up on 20 lakh doses of CorBEvax (the authorised vaccine for this group) for a target of 20 lakh beneficiaries.
Health and Medical Education Minister K. Sudhakar will launch the rollout at the State-run Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College (Bowring and Lady Curzon Medical College and Research Institute) at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday.
Arundathi Chandrashekar, State mission director, National Health Mission (NHM), said children born on or before March 15, 2010, will be eligible for vaccination in this phase. “Each beneficiary will be administered two doses of CorBEvax. The second dose will be administered 28 days after the first,” she said.
