Srinagar, Dec 30, : Coaching Centers have decided to go for mass Covid vaccination of students enrolled in various coaching institutes of Srinagar.
This was decided in a meeting jointly organised by coaching centers association and Private schools association JK today. The meeting was chaired by Chief Medical Officer Srinagar Dr Jameel and was attended by all the zonal medical officers of Srinagar district.
On this occasion, representatives of all the reputed coaching centers of Srinagar district were present. It was decided in the meeting that a mass vaccination drive will be launched in the first week of January in order to cover all the children falling in the age group of 15 to 18 years and achieve the target of 100 percent vaccination in the UT.
Chief Medical Officer Srinagar Dr Jameel urged the representatives of coaching centers to co-operate with the medical teams so that no child is left out.
He said that it is a joint responsibility of health department, Education department and coaching institutes to stop the pandemic from taking any ugly shape.
Representatives of private tuition centers and president private Schools association, G. N. Var assured the CMO of every support from the private sector in getting children vaccinated.