Bengal Government Thinking About Vaccinating Children: Mamata Banerjee

If required the government will carry out vaccination programmes for children similar to the pulse polio drive, said West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee.

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Wednesday said the government is thinking whether children will be required to be vaccinated in view of the COVID third wave and assured that everyone in the state will be given their jabs. If required the government will carry out inoculation programmes for children similar to the pulse polio drive, she said. Ms Banerjee said 12 lakh people in Bengal got their COVID jabs on Tuesday and in the urban areas 75 per cent of the population have been inoculated. "Everyone will be vaccinated. Do not rush to the vaccination centres after hearing rumours and unnecessarily create panic. Do not be worried," she said.