Lagatar24 Desk
New Delhi, Dec 27: Children in the age group of 15-18 years will be able to register on the CoWIN app from January 1, a top official informed on Monday.
“We have added an additional (10th) ID card for registration, the student ID card, because some might not have Aadhaar or other identity cards,” RS Sharma, chief executive officer of the National Health Authority.
Emphasizing precaution in view of the rise in Omicron cases, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday that children aged 15-18 would start receiving Covid-19 vaccinations from January 3 and healthcare and frontline workers will start getting the shots as a precautionary measure from January 10.
The Prime Minister said that 61% of the adult population in the country had been given both the doses of COVID-19 vaccine while 90% of the population has go the first dose.
According to reports, Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, which has been granted approval for restricted use in an emergency situation in the age group between 12 and 18 years, is likely to be the only vaccine available for children.
