: Coronavirus vaccine for children aged 12-17 to be rolled out by October: Covid panel chief #IndiaNEWS The Covid-19 vaccination programme for children, aged between 12 and 17, would be rolled out by

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Coronavirus vaccine for children aged 12-17 to be rolled out by October: Covid panel chief #IndiaNEWS
The Covid-19 vaccination programme for children, aged between 12 and 17, would be rolled out by October, NDTV reported on Thursday, citing the government’s coronavirus vaccine panel chief.India’s drug regulator has granted emergency use authorisation to Zydus Cadila’s vaccine, ZyCov-D, on August 20. This is India’s first vaccine for children aged above 12. On Thursday, the head of the National Immunization Technical Advisory Group , NK Arora, said that the government will prepare a priority list before it starts to inoculate children. He added that the details of this list would be provided before the rollout. Arora told India Today TV in an interview that children with comorbidities would be prioritised as they are more likely to develop serious coronavirus infections.He added that Covid-19 vaccines for children without comorbidities would be available in the first half of 2022. There are about 12 crore children, between the ages of 12 and 17, of which 1% are co-morbid, Arora said.“As for Covaxin, it is being tested on children above the age of 2,� the Covid-19 panel chief told India Today TV. “The actual rollout will happen by end of October.�There are 44 crore children over two years old, Arora noted, adding that this was “not a small number to vaccinate�.The ZyCov-D is the world’s...Read more

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