PRINCE KUMAR
Ranchi, Dec 28: Teenagers between the age group of 15 to 18 years in Jharkhand are awaiting the guidelines of the state government for their vaccination shots.
Additional Chief Secretary of Department of Health, Medical Education and Family Welfare Arun Kumar Singh said that the guidelines are being prepared and will be released for the public in a few days.
“The vaccination centres will include the health centres present in the state and schools may be included for the purpose of vaccination,” Singh said.
Ranchi District Civil Surgeon Vinod Kumar said that the guidelines are not out yet and the government is preparing the same.
“We have asked the ASHA workers to come up with a list of children aged between 15 and 18. The workers will go door to door to prepare the list of the beneficiaries,” Kumar said.
Children between 15-18 years will be able to book their slots on the CoWin app by simply registering with their ID card from January 1, 2022. The process for registration on the app for them will be similar to the registration of adults on the platform. Besides Aadhaar and other national identity cards, children can use their class 10th ID card for registration.
In a televised address on December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had said that the country would begin administering ‘precautionary doses’ to those above the age of 60 and suffering from co-morbidities from January 10, next year. Children aged 15-18 will also be eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine from January 3.
Bharat Biotech’s vaccine, Covaxin, has been granted approval from the Drug Controller General of India (DGCI) for emergency use for children aged between 12-18 years. Earlier, Zydus Cadila’s three-dose DNA vaccine was allowed to be used on adults and children over the age of 12.
