New Delhi:
India has started vaccinating children aged 12 to 14 years from today as it expands its COVID-19 vaccination coverage.
Starting today the condition of co-morbidity for people aged 60 and above to get a precautionary dose has also been removed, and now everyone above the age of 60 can take booster shots.
The COVID-19 vaccine to be administered to those in the 12-14 age group would be Corbevax, which is manufactured by Biological Evans, Hyderabad.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi tweeted this morning, urging all those eligible to get vaccinated.
Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had earlier stated that only Corbevax vaccine would be used for the beneficiaries in the age group of 12 to 14 years.
Corbevax has become the third vaccine against COVID-19 in India and will be available at all centres where free vaccination is available.
on Tuesday, the Centre had released guidelines for COVID-19 vaccination of children between 12-14 years. Two doses of Biological E’s intramuscular vaccine Corbevax would be administered at an interval of 28 days, the guidelines said.
Beneficiaries between 14-15 years have already been covered during the vaccination for 15-18 years’ age group, the Centre said on Tuesday
