HYDERABAD: The Covid-19 vaccination drive for children aged 15 to 18 continues to receive cold response in Hyderabad, with just few of them turning up at most centres, reveals the data from the fever survey, being conducted from the last four days. So far, only 6,752 youngsters were found to have received their first jab while officials have completed surveying 6.52 lakh households so far.
Even the actual figures according to the health bulletin show that Hyderabad is the fifth-lowest district in getting under 18 youths vaccinated. So far, officials administered the first dose amongst 89,696 youngsters out of 1.8 lakh target population, accounting for 49%. The fever survey also shows that the precautionary booster dose is administered amongst one in four eligible persons in the city.
The fever survey undertaken on Monday increased the number of symptomatic cases to 1.78 lakh out of 42 lakh houses surveyed. Hyderabad district reported the third number of cases with 10,077 while Kothagudem district stood first with 12,000 cases and around 11,000 symptomatic cases in Sangareddy.
Officials said that they have distributed 1.78 lakh home isolation kits.
