The Union health ministry’s website claims that Covaxin has received Emergency Use Listing for 15-18-year-olds, but the WHO had noted in November that this was not the case.
Paediatric vaccinations will begin across centres in India at 9 am. Even those who have not registered on the Co-WIN app can walk into any centre to get their jabs.
The data was submitted to the Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation during October 2021 and received emergency use nod for children aged 12-18 from DCGI recently.
No decision has been taken yet on whether booster shots will be given, even as healthcare workers who got fully vaccinated in February near 10 months of vaccination.
With Omicron on the prowl and decision pending on vaccinating children, government may wait before using the one crore doses of ZyCoV-D, the only vaccine licensed for use in minors
Dr Samiran Panda says Covaxin, being a whole virion vaccine, could work better, while there are chances of Omicron escaping targeted vaccines such as those based on the mRNA platform.
In a written reply, MoS Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said additional information has been requested at the level of Central Drugs Standard Control Organisation for the examination.
India recently resumed Covid vaccine supply to the UN-backed COVAX with the govt allowing SII to export 50 lakh doses of Covishield to Nepal, Tajikistan, Bangladesh and Mozambique.
Study published in Lancet Infectious Diseases journal assessed 2,714 hospital workers from AIIMS New Delhi, who were most exposed to Covid and were primarily offered Covaxin.
These registrations pertain to the Indian Air Force's Agniveer Vayu programme. The online portal for the first phase was opened at 10 am Friday, and will close on 5 July.
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