COVID-19 vaccination of 15-18 group | Nearly 6 lakh register amidst Omicron spike

The CoWIN platform has until Sunday night recorded over six lakh registrations within the age group of 15 to 18 years whose COVID-19 vaccination is ready to start from January 3.

Union Well being Minister Mansukh Mandaviya suggested states and Union Territories to supply separate vaccination centres, session websites, queue and completely different vaccination groups for the 15-18 12 months age group to keep away from the mixing-up of vaccines.

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The vaccine possibility for this age group would solely be Covaxin, in line with pointers issued by the Union Well being Ministry on December 27.

The Medication Controller Normal of India granted emergency use authorisation to indigenously-developed Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin for kids above 12 years with sure situations on December 24.

Mr. Mandaviya, who interacted with well being ministers and principal secretaries and extra chief secretaries of states and Union Territories on Sunday by a video hyperlink, confused the necessity to guarantee clean implementation of recent vaccination pointers.

He suggested them to make sure the orientation of vaccinators and vaccination workforce members and the identification of devoted session websites for this class of beneficiaries.

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The registration for this class of beneficiaries opened on Saturday. In line with the rules, they’ll self-register on-line by an current account on CoWIN or may register by creating a brand new account by a singular cellular quantity as is the case with all different classes of beneficiaries.

Until 7.50 pm on Sunday, over 6.35 lakh kids within the age group of 15 to 18 years have registered within the CoWIN platform.

Beneficiaries on this age group can get themselves registered onsite.