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Deputy CM Manish Sisodia
The Centre should move proactively to procure COVID-19 vaccines for children as many countries have started working on it, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said on Wednesday.
The ruling AAP dispensation led by Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has voiced concern over safety of children while citing opinion of experts that children may be affected in a possible third wave of COVID-19.
Sharing a newspaper report, Sisodia tweeted, The world has started working on vaccine for children under age 12. Centre Govt should proactively do the needful to procure as many vaccines as possible to keep our children safe. Currently, people aged 18 years and above are being vaccinated in India.
Having witnessed shortage of oxygen for Covid patients in and outside hospitals, during (mid-April to mid-May) the period when Delhi was registering over 20,000 new Coronavirus cases per day, the Delhi Government has planned to install 57 .
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Arvind Kejriwal visits vaccination centre, says people happy over getting jabs at polling booths
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal visited a vaccination centre on Wednesday, a day after his government launched Jahan vote, vahan vaccine campaign in the national capital.
The campaign is aimed at spreading awareness and encouraging citizens aged above 45 to get vaccinated against COVID-19 at local polling booths in their assembly constituencies. Visited a centre under the Jahan vote, vahan vaccine today. People there seemed to be happy about the fact that they could get vaccinated near their homes at the polling booths where they go to cast their votes, Kejriwal tweeted in Hindi.
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