NEW DELHI: India will supply lakhs of additional Covid-19 vaccine doses to its states to try to vaccinate all school teachers by early next month, the health minister said on Wednesday, as the country gradually resumes physical classes. starts.
The pandemic has hit the country of 1.35 billion people particularly hard and millions of its students have been stuck at home for months, with little or no access to online education for most of the poor.
India last week approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for older children and is looking to vaccinate nearly 10 million of its school teachers immediately. The country has been vaccinating its adults since mid-January.
“We have requested all states to make efforts to vaccinate all school teachers on priority basis before Teachers’ Day, which is observed on 5 September,” the health minister said. Mansukh Mandaviya but said Twitter.
He said that more than 20 million additional doses would be given to the states for this purpose.
Several states have attempted to reopen schools since the pandemic began last year, but some had to close after infections were detected on campuses.
Prime minister Narendra Modihome state Gujarat Said it would resume physical classes for middle school students at half capacity from September 2, for the first time in more than 18 months. About a month ago, schools reopened for older children.
A parliamentary report said this month the pandemic disrupted the education of nearly 320 million Indian students in various schools, colleges and universities.
It recommended “accelerated vaccine programs for all students, faculty and allied staff so that schools can start functioning normally as soon as possible”.
India has given 596 million vaccine doses, giving at least one dose to nearly half of its 944 million adults and the required two doses to 14%. It has reported 32.5 million infections, the highest in the world United States of america, and 435,758 deaths.
The pandemic has hit the country of 1.35 billion people particularly hard and millions of its students have been stuck at home for months, with little or no access to online education for most of the poor.
India last week approved its first COVID-19 vaccine for older children and is looking to vaccinate nearly 10 million of its school teachers immediately. The country has been vaccinating its adults since mid-January.
“We have requested all states to make efforts to vaccinate all school teachers on priority basis before Teachers’ Day, which is observed on 5 September,” the health minister said. Mansukh Mandaviya but said Twitter.
He said that more than 20 million additional doses would be given to the states for this purpose.
Several states have attempted to reopen schools since the pandemic began last year, but some had to close after infections were detected on campuses.
Prime minister Narendra Modihome state Gujarat Said it would resume physical classes for middle school students at half capacity from September 2, for the first time in more than 18 months. About a month ago, schools reopened for older children.
A parliamentary report said this month the pandemic disrupted the education of nearly 320 million Indian students in various schools, colleges and universities.
It recommended “accelerated vaccine programs for all students, faculty and allied staff so that schools can start functioning normally as soon as possible”.
India has given 596 million vaccine doses, giving at least one dose to nearly half of its 944 million adults and the required two doses to 14%. It has reported 32.5 million infections, the highest in the world United States of america, and 435,758 deaths.
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