BHOPAL: As Covaxin has been granted emergency use approval for children aged above two years, officials in Madhya Pradesh say they have completed initial training and are only awaiting instructions.
The estimated population of Madhya Pradesh is around 8.35 crore. It was estimated that around 5.5 crore of them are those aged 18 years or above. Thus, close to three crore are children below 18 years of age. Of these, around two crore are estimated to be kids aged above 2 years.
Schools have already opened in the state and if vaccination of kids is to be done even in a phased out manner, it would be a herculean task to identify those children with comorbidities, said sources.
Official say that the training of the master trainers has been completed for vaccination. “We are awaiting instructions for implementation. Training of the master trainers have been done,” mission director, NHM, Madhya Pradesh, Priyanka Das told TOI.
Sources from the health department said that there would be some changes in the syringe size for example and training to the field staff has to be provided for the purpose. Otherwise, the entire cold storage chain is ready, training of master trainers is done, and the officials have manpower in force said sources.
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