Mysore/Mysuru: Children aged between 12 and 18 years, who were administered Covaxin doses at Mysore Medical College and Research Institute (MMC&RI) as part  of the clinical trial, are healthy, fit and fine, officials said  here on Sunday.

As many as 30 children were administered the vaccine at Cheluvamba Hospital, a constituent hospital of MMC&RI. The health condition of all the children is stable, said MMC&RI Dean and Director Dr. C.P. Nanjaraj.

“We have been closely monitoring them, through telephonic conversation with their parents. No complications have been reported,” he said. 

The children will be under observation for 208 days. However, the authorities will administer the vaccine to another 20 children between 12 and 18 years. Likewise, children between 6 and 12; 2 and 6 years will be administered the vaccine, he added.

MMC&RI is the only hospital in Karnataka selected for the Paediatric trials of Covid vaccine.

Vaccination drive: Karnataka stands 6th

Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr. K Sudhakar on Sunday announced that the State has stood sixth in the vaccination drive in the country.

Speaking to media in Bengaluru, he said the State has received 3 lakh doses of vaccine. Meanwhile, the three crore vaccines ordered by State Government has been cancelled as the Centre is supplying directly to the States free of cost to vaccinate for 18-44 years adults.