Amid sudden surge in COVID-19 cases, vaccination for children aged between 15 and 18 years is set to begin from tomorrow. Registration on the CoWIN portal for vaccination began on Saturday.
Data on the CoWIN dashboard showed 3,15,416 registrations for this age group until 11.30 pm Saturday.
The preparations are underway to start inoculating children against COVID-19 from Monday. Presently, the children who are eligible for vaccination in this age group will only have one option, that is Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin jab. No other vaccine has got a government nod to be given to children in this age group.
The Union Health Ministry guidelines issued specify that all those whose birth year is 2007 or before, shall be eligible for vaccination in the specified age group. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya appealed to parents to register their eligible children for vaccination. “If the children are safe, then the future of the country is safe,” he tweeted.
