New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi, while addressing the nation late on Saturday evening, announced the introduction of vaccination for children between the age group of 15 to 18 years, advising the countrymen to be alert during the corona transition period.
Also said that for the elderly and health workers and frontline workers above 60 years of age with comorbidities (severe disease) pre-vaccination dose (booster dose) will also be started from January 10.
In his address, the PM also appealed to the countrymen to continue the measures to prevent corona like washing hands and applying masks amid the infection of Omicron.
Highlights of PM’s address
The habit of washing hands and wearing masks is increasing in the fight against Corona.
The country has 18 lakh isolation beds, five lakh oxygen beds, 1,40,000 ICU beds.
There are B ICU and Non-ICU beds for children.
More than 3,000 PSA oxygen plants are functioning in the country, four lakh oxygen cylinders have been given across the country.
States have been assisted for buffer doses of essential medicines.
States are also being helped by inadequate testing kits.
Decisions are taken after the Omicron transition