In order to prevent the spread of Covid, children in the age group of 15-18 years who have not been vaccinated against the Covid-19 will not be allowed to attend schools when they reopen, Haryana Health Minister Anil Vij said on Friday.
"During the meeting, the health minister urged all the parents of children between 15 and 18 years of age
to get their wards vaccinated at the earliest, as when the schools open, those who have not been vaccinated will not be allowed to enter the school," an official statement said.
In Haryana, over 15 lakh children between the ages of 15 and 18 are eligible for the Covid vaccine, and vaccination for this age group began on January 3.