<span style="color: #222222;">In the Union Territory of Jammu and Kashmir, as the COVID-19 vaccination drive for the age group 15-17 begins today, the UT administration has set up about 1020 Vaccination sites across the Union Territory.<br />''<br />''About 79 vaccination sites have been established across the Jammu region for day 1. Director, Family Welfare, MCH & Immunization, Dr. Saleem ur Rehman said that the department has set up 561 vaccination sites in the Kashmir region and 459 in Jammu region. Worth to mention, most of the vaccination sites have been set up in Government schools where the children falling in the specified age group will be vaccinated.<br />''<br />''These vaccination centres have been set up at the district, zonal and block levels in all the districts in coordination with School Education Department. Out of 459 vaccination centres in the Jammu region, 340 have been established in schools and 119 at CHC and PHC levels. While maximum 145 centres have been established in Jammu district, 69 have been set up in Ramban, 52 in Udhampur, 51 in Kathua, 34 in Doda, 30 in Reasi, 28 in Poonch, 27 in Rajouri, 13 in Samba and 10 in Kishtwar district.<br />''<br />''The vaccination drive was kick-started by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha from Government Boys Secondary School, Gandhi Nagar, Jammu while in Kashmir, the drive was started by Additional Chief Secretary Health & Medical Education Department Vivek Bhardwaj from Government Girls Higher Secondary School, Kothi Bagh, Srinagar. The Children taking the shot will have to remain under observation for half an hour to monitor adverse effects and they will be given the second dose after 28 days.<br />''<br />''Beneficiaries falling under 15-18 years age group can register online through an existing account on the CoWlN portal or can register by creating a new account by using a unique mobile number. The facility for online registration has already been made available from January 1.</span><br />