COVID-19 Vaccination of children to be started from 3rd January 2022

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. COVID-19 Vaccination of children in the age-group of 15-18 years to be started from 3 (rd) January 2022. For such beneficiaries, vaccination option would be”Covaxin” only.

  1. As a matter of abundant precaution, for those Health Care Workers (HCWS) & Front Line Workers (FLWS) who have received two doses, another dose of COVID-19 vaccine would be provided from 10 (th) January 2022. The prioritization and sequencing of this precaution dose would be based on the completion of 9 months i.e. 39 weeks from the date of administration of 2 (nd) dose.
  2. All persons aged 60 years and above with comorbidities who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, will on Doctor’s advice be provided

precaution dose from 10 (th) January 2022. The prioritization and sequencing of this precaution dose would be based on the completion of 9 months i.e. 39 weeks from the date of administration of second dose.

All citizens irrespective of their income status are entitled to free COVID-19 vaccination at Govt. Vaccination Centres.

Those who have the ability to pay are encouraged to use Private Hospitals’ Vaccination Centres.