hyderabad the second day of covid vaccination for children aged 1518 also saw a cold response with just 3040 turning up at most centres vaccine hesitancy upcoming exams and the tendency to wait and watch are the reasons for the poor response officials said many who had booked their slots also gave it a miss as a result even a few spot registrations were accommodated at centres where one or two parents walked in with their children without prior registrationwe had seen 84 people turn up yesterday as against 100 who had registered today we have 31 vaccinations so far for in this category people are coming getting vaccinated and leaving there is no waiting at all said dr a varadha chary medical superintendent kondapur area hospitalexperts however stress on the need for children taking the vaccinationvaccination allows children to get back to near normal and help them grow on an environment that provides the best platform with a majority of adults being vaccinated unvaccinated children may provide the breeding ground for the virus therefore children must be vaccinated covid vaccination is as safe as the vaccines children receive regularly if not safer there is absolutely no need to worry and parents must proactively get their children vaccinated when they are due said dr k hari prasad president apollo group of hospitalsteenagers who turned up for vaccination were largely there as they would rather be safe rather than sorry no one in my family got covid19 but i decided to take the vaccination as soon as it is made available for teenagers as a precaution as i am staying away from my family who are in karnataka i work as a house help here said 16yearold bhagyalaxmiseveral centres which toi visited on tuesday did not report any instance of adverse reaction to the vaccine we are making each teenager wait for 30 minutes before letting them go as per the required protocols we have kept ambulances ready but there was no instance of reaction to the vaccine no one has reported even the slightest discomfort informed ch swami community medical officer at the urban primary health centre in serilingampally