Bengaluru, May 9 : Karnataka Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar on Sunday told the youths to wait patiently for their turn and assured them definitely they will get the vaccine.

In a series of tweets, he said the government is committed to providing the vaccine to every person as quickly as possible and is constantly making efforts to make the vaccine available.

The covid-19 vaccine will be distributed to 18-44-year-olds at KC General, Jayanagar General, Sir CV Raman General, ESI and Nimhans Hospitals and Government Medical Colleges from Monday 10 May.

In other districts, the vaccine will be initially distributed to 18-44-year-olds in districts, taluk hospitals and government medical colleges. The vaccine supply is expected to increase in the next few days as more vaccine centres are opened.

The group has a unique location in all vaccination centres for 18-44-year-olds. The vaccine will be given only to those who have registered with the Kovin or Health Setu App, and have timed it.

The Government is leaving no stone unturned to vaccinate each and every citizen at the earliest and is making continuous efforts to secure the supply of vaccines.

All Vaccination Centres providing vaccination for this age group 18 to 44 will have an exclusive session site earmarked for them. Vaccination will be provided to only those who have registered and scheduled an appointment on the Co-win portal and walk-ins will not be allowed.

In other districts, initially, vaccination will be provided at District Hospitals, Government Medical Colleges and all Taluka Hospitals. The number of vaccination centres will be increased as and when more vaccines will become available.

In the order placed by Karnataka Govt to procure 2 crore doses of Covishield, we received 3.5 lakh doses on Saturday night taking the total delivery to 6.5 lakh doses. So far GoI has supplied 1,10,49,470 doses including 99,58,190 doses of Covishield & 10,91,280 doses of Covaxin.(UNI)