Vaccination of children: Which vaccine will be available for people in the age group of 15-18, when and where to register
New Delhi: Children in the age group of 15 to 18 years will be able to register on the CoWIN portal from January 1 and the vaccine option for them will be Covaxin only. The announcement was made amid preparations to start immunization of children against COVID-19 from January 3. CoWIN head Dr RS Sharma said on Monday that children in the age group of 15 to 18 years would be able to register on the CoWIN portal from January 1. (vaccine for children )
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Vaccine options for children
According to the information given by the Union Health Ministry on Monday, according to the COVID-19 vaccination of children between 15-18 years and the precautionary dosage for HCW, FLW and 60+ population, the vaccine option only for people in the age group of 15-18 years. Covaxin will. As per the guidelines that will come into effect from January 3, people aged 15 years and above will be able to register on CoWIN. In other words or in simple language, all those who were born in the year 2007 or earlier..they all are eligible for vaccination. Sharma said that an additional provision has been made on CoWIN through which students can register for vaccination on the portal using their student identity card as some may not have Aadhaar or other ID cards.
How to register on CoWIN?
Beneficiaries (15-18 years of age) can register themselves online through existing account on Co-Win or by creating a new account through a unique mobile number. This facility is currently available to all eligible citizens. The guidelines state that such beneficiaries can be registered in facilitation registration mode by the verifier or immunizer at the vaccination sites and appointments can be booked online or on-site (walk-in).
PM Modi’s announcement for vaccination of children
Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in an address to the nation on Saturday night, announced that vaccination against COVID-19 for children in the age group of 15 to 18 years will begin from January 3. While there will be a precautionary dose for health care and frontline workers. Administered from January 10 – the decisions that came amid a growing number of coronavirus cases linked to its Omron version. PM Modi said that the precautionary dose would be available from January 10 on the advice of their doctors for citizens above 60 years of age and with comorbidities. Zydus Cadila’s anti-Covid vaccine ZyCoV-D is yet to be included in the country’s inoculation program for adults as well. However, it received Emergency Use Authorization (EUA) from the drug regulator on August 20, making it the first vaccine to be administered in India. The age group of 12-18 years in the country. The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on Friday granted EUA to indigenously developed Covaxin for children above 12 years of age, subject to certain conditions. (vaccine for children )
