Chennai: Tamilnadu Health Minister M Subramanian has said the State has a population of 33,20,000 persons aged 15-18 and they would be administered the Covid-19 vaccine from 3 January as per the Union government’s advisory.
Around nine lakh frontline workers would also receive their booster dose, he said. The preparatory work to administer Covid-19 vaccines to children aged 15 to 18 years has been started, he said.
‘The vaccination for these children will commence on 3 January and they will be administered doses at schools and also by holding special camps,’ he told reporters.
Referring to the booster dose of vaccine to front-line workers as announced by the Centre, Subramanian said there are 1.40 crore such workers who would receive the jab on 10 January.