Covid vaccination of eligible children a priority, PM Modi tells CMs

Special campaigns needed in schools; parents worried about increased number of cases

As Covid-19 cases rise in various parts of the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi met the state chief ministers to review the situation. The PM said that vaccinating all eligible children at the earliest is a priority for the government and specialised programmes needed to be conducted in schools to achieve this feat.

Modi asserted, “It is clear that the Corona challenge is not fully over.”

The PM said that Omicron and its sub-variants can create problems as evident by the case of many countries of Europe. The sub-variants are causing many surges in many countries. The PM said that