On December 27, 2021, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare has issued guidelines for COVID-19 Vaccination for the children who are aged between 15 to 18 years and Booster Vaccine shot to the Health Care workers (HCWs), Frontline workers (FLWs) and People aged 60+ years. These Guidelines will come into effect from January 03, 2022 & will be reviewed from time to time
Key points:
- COVID-19 Vaccination of children in the age-group of 15-18 years to be started from January 03, 2022. For such beneficiaries, vaccination option would be “Covaxin” only.
- As a matter of abundant precaution, for those Health Care Workers (HCWs) & Front Line Workers (FLWs) who have received two doses, another dose of COVID-19 vaccine would be provided from January 10, 2022. The prioritization and sequencing of this precaution dose would be based on the completion of 9 months i.e. 39 weeks from the date of administration of 2nd dose.
- All persons aged 60 years and above with comorbidities who have received two doses of COVID-19 vaccine, will on Doctor’s advice be provided with a precaution dose from January 10, 2022. The prioritization and sequencing of this precaution dose would be based on the completion of 9 months i.e. 39 weeks from the date of administration of second dose.
- All citizens irrespective of their income status are entitled to free COVID-19 vaccination at Govt. Vaccination Centres. Those who have the ability to pay are encouraged to use Private Hospitals’ Vaccination Centres.
