Covid 3rd wave: Women with young kids to get vaccine on priority, says Mamata Banerjee

Amid a warning that children might be infected during the possible third wave of coronavirus, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Wednesday said that priority would be given to inoculate women having children aged up to 12 years.

She also said that the state would start inoculating at least four lakh people on an average daily from Thursday.

At least two crore people have been vaccinated against Covid-19 in the state till now, Banerjee said.

The West Bengal government has decided to have at least 26,000 Covid-19 beds for women in state-run as well as private medical facilities.

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