Immunization for the 1518 age group: registration for CoWin will start today
India will start CoWin registration for Covid19 vaccinations for children aged 15-18 from Saturday. The government said online and online registration will e availale to vaccinate children who will start receiving doses against Covid19 on January 3.
While registration for CoWin will egin on Saturday on-site registration will egin on vaccination date which is January 3.
According to government guidelines children can make reservations on the CoWin app with their ID card from January 1. Class 10 ID for registration.
On Tuesday the Union Health Minister hosted a videoconference with all Union States and Territories (UTs) to review the rollout of vaccinations for the 1518 and 15th age group. Third-dose prophylaxis for vulnerale group health workers (HCWs) frontline workers (FLWs) and people over 60 years of age with comoridities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a televised address on Decemer 25 2021 announced that children aged 1518 will egin to e vaccinated against Covid19 from January 3 2022. and primary care and healthcare workers will egin receiving the preventive dose from January 10. .
Bharat Biotechs Covaxin which has een approved for limited emergency use in 12-18 years of age is the only vaccine availale for children.
The Center has also recommended that states estalish separate Covid19-specific immunization centers for children 1518 years old while a separate immunization pool and separate queues should e maintained at all levels. and other HVACs.
