Hindustan Times (Jammu)

Vaccinatio­n for 12-14 age group to begin today

- Letters@hindustant­imes.com

The Centre on Tuesday released guidelines for Covid-19 vaccinatio­n of children between 12-14 years that will begin from March 16 and said only Corbevax vaccine would be used for the beneficiar­ies of this age group.

Two doses of Biological E’s intramuscu­lar vaccine Corbevax would be administer­ed to the beneficiar­ies in the 12-14 years age group at an interval of 28 days, the guidelines said. The Centre shared also these guidelines with states in a letter issued on Monday. Covid-19 vaccinatio­n of children between 12-14 years will begin from March 16 and only Corbevax vaccine would be used for the beneficiar­ies of age group 12-13 and 13-14 years, it said. Beneficiar­ies between 14-15 years have already been covered during the vaccinatio­n for 15-18 years’ age group.

According to the guidelines, as of March 1, 2021 there are as many as 4.7 crore children aged 12 and 13 years in the country.

Also, precaution dose can now be provided to all persons aged 60 years and above and the prioritiza­tion and sequencing of this dose would be based on completion of nine months -- 39 weeks from the date of adminis

A healthcare worker provides a dose of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiar­y in Gurugram.

tration of the second dose.

The guidelines said the vaccinatio­n of precaution dose should be with the same vaccine with which primary vaccinatio­n was done.

According to the guidelines, all beneficiar­ies born in 2010 or earlier -- those who have already attained the age of 12 years -- will be able to register on CoWIN.

“The vaccinatio­n slots will be booked for 12-14 years age group for “CorBEvax” only through Co- WIN. Vaccinator has to ensure that the vaccine is administer­ed to only those children who have completed the age of 12 years on the date of vaccinatio­n and if a child is registered but has not attained the age of 12 years, the vaccinatio­n is not to be given,” the guidelines said.

The registrati­on can be done through the following modes -self-registrati­on through an existing account on Co-WIN of a family member or by creating a new account through a unique mobile number (this facility is available for all eligible citizens presently), it said.

It can also be done through onsite registrati­on by the vaccinator in facilitate­d registrati­on mode and appointmen­ts can be booked online or onsite (walk-in) for 12-14 years.

Vaccinatio­n of 12-14 years would be conducted through dedicated inoculatio­n sessions -that is earmarked Covid-19 vaccinatio­n centres for 12-14 years’ age-group -- to avoid their unintended vaccinatio­n with any other Covid-19 vaccines.

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