Over 2 Lakh Kids In 12-14 Age Group Given COVID Vaccine Doses On Day 1

Mumbai: As many as 2,60,136 kids aged 12-14 were given COVID-19 vaccine doses on the first day as vaccination for the 12-14 age group started on Wednesday, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said.

Vaccination against COVID-19 in the age group of 12-14 years began on Wednesday with Corbevax, an intramuscular vaccine from Biologicals E, with two doses to be given 28 days apart.

As of March 1, 2021, there were 47 million children aged 12 and 13 in the country.

More than 2.15 crore precautionary doses of the COVID-19 vaccine have been given to healthcare and frontline workers and people above 60 years of age.

All people aged 60 years and above are made eligible for a precautionary dose of the COVID vaccine. Dosage prioritization and sequencing will be based on completion from nine months to 39 weeks from the date of administration of the second dose.

The nationwide immunization drive was launched on January 16, 2021, in which health workers were vaccinated in the first phase. The vaccination of frontline workers started on February 2 last year.

The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination began on March 1 last year for people above 60 years of age and 45 years and above with specified co-morbid conditions. India started vaccination for all people above 45 years of age from 1st April last year.

The government then decided to expand its vaccination campaign, allowing everyone over the age of 18 to be vaccinated against the viral disease from May 1 last year.

The next phase of COVID vaccination began on January 3 this year for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 years.

India began giving a precautionary dose of vaccines to healthcare and frontline workers and people aged 60 and above from January 10 this year.

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