Covid-19 vaccination roll out for 12-14 age group: Prime Minister Modi hails the “important day”
Wednesday marked the vaccination rollout against Covid-19 for the age group 12-14 years. The milestone was hailed as an “important day” by Prime Minister Narendra Modi in ongoing efforts by country to inoculate the Indian population amid Covid-19 pandemic. Taking on to Twitter, PM Modi lauded country’s scientists, innovators and private sector that rose to the challenges as pandemic first struck the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote on Twitter in a long thread, “Today is an important day in India’s efforts to vaccinate our citizens. Now onwards, youngsters in the 12-14 age group are eligible for vaccines and all those above 60 are eligible for precaution doses. I urge people in these age groups to get vaccinated.”
Calling India’s vaccination drive “science-driven”, that is also lauded as the world’s largest, Modi further noted, “We began work to create vaccines in early 2020, to protect our citizens and strengthen our fight against the pandemic.” He added, “The manner in which our scientists, innovators and the private sector rose to the occasion is commendable. In late 2020, I had visited three of our vaccine manufacturers and got firsthand details of their efforts to protect our citizens.”
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Starting from today, March 16, Wednesday, the 12-14 years age group would be administered with Corbevax vaccine that has been developed by Hyderabad based Biological E Limited. This vaccine is India’s first indigenously developed vaccine against Covid-19 which is Receptor Binding Domain (RBD) protein sub-unit vaccine.
“In line with India’s ethos of caring for the entire planet, we sent vaccines to several nations under the Vaccine Maitri programme. I am glad that India’s vaccination efforts have made the global fight against COVID-19 stronger,” Mr. Modi said. “Today, India has many ‘Made in India’ vaccines. We have also granted approval to other vaccines after a due process of evaluation. We are in a much better position to fight this deadly pandemic. At the same time, we have to keep following all COVID-related precautions,” he added.
