Overview
- Gujarat set a target to vaccinate 5.50 lakh girls and activated 2,297 cold chain points with real-time monitoring via TeCHO+ and SAFE-VAC, offering the dose free despite a private-market cost of about ₹3,000.
- Jammu and Kashmir launched the drive in Bhaderwah, where the first group of 14-year-old girls received shots as officials urged parents to participate.
- Delhi’s civic body conducted a session at a South Zone primary health centre, and Ludhiana will begin vaccinating about 40,000 eligible girls over 90 days with trained staff, 30‑minute observation and cold‑chain safeguards.
- The nationwide rollout operates in campaign mode for three months for girls who have completed 14 years, using a single 0.5 ml intramuscular dose, with routine availability to follow at public facilities.
- AIIMS leadership and Mumbai oncologists reaffirmed the vaccine’s safety and effectiveness while public-health experts stressed continued screening and long-term surveillance to reduce cervical cancer burden.