COVID vaccination for children: Co-WIN registrations start today; here's how to do
Premium- Children can avail of a walk-in registration when vaccination commences from January 3, or can simply register themselves on Co-WIN starting today
COVID-19 vaccination for teenagers in the age group of 15-18 years will start from Monday. To register for the same, the eligible candidate can avail of a walk-in registration when vaccination commences from January 3, or can simply register themselves on Co-WIN starting today.
Dr R S Sharma, Cowin platform chief, had earlier said that besides Aadhaar and other national identity cards, children can use their class 10th ID card for registration.
How to register on Co-WIN
Regarding the vaccination of teenagers in this age group, the Union Health Secretary earlier this week informed the States/UTs that only 'Covaxin' is to be administered in this population category and accordingly, additional doses of 'Covaxin' will be sent to them.
All established protocols regarding vaccination are to be followed for the 15-18 years age group; beneficiaries are to wait for half an hour when they will be monitored for the adverse events following immunization (AEFI) and will be eligible for the second dose only after 28 days.y
Those with the birth year of 2007 or before will be eligible for vaccination under this category.
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