India begins COVID-19 vaccination for 15-18 age group - PICS from across the country

Children taking part in the COVID-19 vaccination drive at a Civil Hospital in Lucknow. Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath has said that there are 1.4 crore children in the age group of 15-18 in the state.

"2,150 booths have been set up across the state to vaccinate the children," he has informed. (Photo: ANI)

A boy getting vaccinated against COVID-19 at the Chandlodiya Urban Health Center in Ahmedabad.

Earlier in the day, Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel had launched the drive at a school in the Koba area of the state capital Gandhinagar and the state health department has set a target to cover 36 lakh beneficiaries in the category in one week. 

The Gujarat health department has prepared around 3,500 centres across the state for the special vaccination campaign. (Photo: ANI)

Children taking a COVID-19 vaccine dose at Dr RML Hospital in Delhi. (Photo: ANI)

A girl taking the jab at a vaccination centre in Delhi's Laxmi Nagar. (Photo: ANI)

Pictures from the vaccination drive being conducted for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years at the Govt Model Senior Secondary School in Chandigarh. (Photo: ANI)

Assam Chief Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma launched the COVID-19 vaccination drive for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years at the Oil India Higher Secondary School in the Dibrugarh district. (Photo: ANI)