Prime Minister Narendra Modi in his national address on December 25 announced that India will start vaccinating kids aged above 15 years from January 3, 2022.
This move, the Prime Minister said, will allay the concerns of parents of the school and college-going kids and also give a fillip to education in India, which has suffered greatly since the outbreak of the pandemic due to the prolonged closure of academic institutions.
As a precautionary measure, India will also administer a third dose or booster dose of the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers from January 10.
Speaking about the need to administer a booster shot of the COVID-19 vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers, PM Modi said: “As we are aware, corona warriors and healthcare and frontline workers have contributed greatly to India’s fight against the coronavirus pandemic. They still spend a lot of time in the service of COVID-19 patients.”
He added: “Therefore, as a precautionary measure, the Government of India has decided that to administer a third dose or ‘precaution dose’ of the COVID-19 Vaccine to healthcare and frontline workers. The booster doses will be administered from January 10, 2022.”
Persons aged above 60 years, i.e., senior citizens, who have comorbidities, will also be administered a third dose or precautionary dose of the coronavirus vaccine based on consultation/ advise of their doctors starting January 10.
The Prime Minister said: “Citizens above 60 years of age with co-morbidities will also have the option of precaution dose of the vaccine on the advice of their doctor. This will also be available from January 10.”
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