Amid a rise in the coronavirus cases of new variant of Omicron – BA.4 and BA.5 -- in Mumbai, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is pushing the schools for wider vaccination of the younger population.
For this, the civic body has directed schools to share the data on the inoculation status of their students.
This development comes as the schools across Maharashtra has resumed 100 per cent offline after two years amid the ongoing pandemic and fear of the fourth wave.
At present, only BMC-run schools are eligible for vaccines which is over 75,000 children between 12 to 15 years of age, reports stated. However, soon it also plans to cover private schools.
Officials said the headmasters have been told to compile data on the number of students who have got the first dose, the ones that are fully vaccinated and the unvaccinated children. As most schools have reopened, the numbers will help the BMC plan vaccination camps on school premises.
Earlier, the civic body was on a war-footing to vaccinate 12-18-years-old, as the civic body has set June 30 as the deadline to complete inoculating civic school students with at least the first dose.
According to a data revealed by the civic body, the immunisation of adolescents above 15 years started in January and for children aged 12 years in March in Mumbai. So far, over 3.88 lakh teens between 15 and 17 years have received the first dose, while 2.9 lakh adolescents are fully vaccinated. More than 1.25 lakh kids in the age group of 12 to 14 have got the first jab and over 60,000 have taken both doses.
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