The first precautionary dose of the Covid vaccine will probably be given to these above 60 years of age who acquired their second dose of the vaccine 9 months earlier than registering for the third. The method of registration will probably be precisely the identical, Dr RS Sharma, CoWIN platform Chief advised ANI.
This is able to imply that the primary lot of recipients of the precautionary vaccine will probably be those that acquired their second shot by April this yr.
The resolution to maintain the interval between the second and third doses at 9 months has been based mostly on the findings of 5 scientific research carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Analysis (ICMR) and the Translational Well being Science and Expertise Institute (THSTI), Faridabad, high authorities sources who have been a part of the deliberations, advised The Indian Specific.
Sharma additionally stated that kids between the ages of 15 and 18 will probably be capable of register on the CoWIN platform from January 1. For registering, kids have been permitted to make use of their pupil ID playing cards in case they don’t have Aadhaar or every other identification playing cards, CoWIN platform Chief Dr RS Sharma advised ANI.
The announcement comes days after PM Modi’s Christmas night time deal with, the place he stated that frontline employees in addition to these above the age of 60 who’ve comorbidities will quickly be eligible for a a 3rd ‘precautionary’ or booster dose of the vaccine
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