NEW DELHI: The Centre will organise special drive-ins to schools to vaccinate children against coronavirus, as the government prepares to begin administering shots to 6-12 year olds, said Prime Minster Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
The prime minister today a chaired a meeting with chief ministers to assess the pandemic situation in the country and urged them to monitor the surge in covid cases.
India added 2,927 new cases on Wednesday, the highest one-day jump since 13 March, pushing the tally past 43 million. During the third wave, Modi said, India had witnessed up to 3 lakh cases per day but states had handled the situation while allowing social and economic activities to continue.
The rise in cases again is a matter of concern, he added. “Government will run special drive-in schools for vaccination of all eligible kids as India will soon start the vaccination of kids in the group of 6-12 years.