NEW DELHI : Union health ministry on Monday issued guidelines for covid-19 vaccination of children between 15-18 years and precaution dose to healthcare workers (HCWs), frontline workers (FLWs) and above aged 60 population with comorbidities.
While children between 15 to 18 will receive Bharat Biotech’s covaxin, the government has not yet made it clear whether the other eligible categories of beneficiaries will be allowed to receive a different vaccine as an additional shot.
The government said that keeping in view the recent global surge of covidj-19 cases, detection of Omicron variant which has been categorized as a Variant of Concern (VOC), scientific evidence, global practices and the inputs and suggestions of ‘covid-19 Working