15-18 can register on CoWin from Jan 1, onsite from Jan 3

15-18 can register on CoWin from Jan 1, onsite from Jan 3

60+ Will Have To Show Cert Of Comorbidity

TIMES NEWS NETWORK

New Delhi:28.12.2021

Children between 15-18 can register online on Co-WIN from January 1 or onsite at vaccination centres to receive Covaxin shots from January

3. Among healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities, prioritisation and sequencing would be based on completion of nine months or 39 weeks from the date of the second dose as of January10, the government said in its guidelines issued on Monday.

To register on the CoWIN site, children can use their school IDs, National Health Authority chief executive RS Sharma said. They can create fresh accounts or add onto existing ones. The 60-and-above recipients will have to mention their comorbidity on the portal while registering and need to produce a certificate from a registered doctor at the vaccination site.

Health secretary Rajesh Bhushan has called for a review meeting with states and Union territories to discuss smooth implementation of the guidelines and review the evolving Omicron situation across states. India recorded the highest single-day rise in Omicron infections with 156 fresh cases reported on Sunday, taking the tally to 578.

“All those aged 15 or more will be able to register on Co-WIN. In other words, all those whose birth year is 2007 or before, shall be eligible. Beneficiaries can self-register, online through an existing account on CoWIN or by creating a new account through a unique mobile number, this facility is available for all eligible citizens presently,” the guidelines said.

Healthcare and frontline workers and citizens aged 60-and-above with comorbidities will be able to access vaccination for the precaution dose through their existing CoWIN account. The CoWIN system will send an SMS to eligible persons for availing the precaution dose when it becomes due, the guidelines said. Details of administration of the precaution dose will also reflect in vaccination certificates.P 10 &11

6-7 cr children in 15-18 age bracket can receive Covaxin

Nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers are expected to be eligible in January to get the booster dose of Covid vaccine, which will be administered with a gap of nine months after the second dose. Besides, 6-7 crore children in the 15-18 age bracket will be eligible to receive Covaxin.

The health ministry said the precaution dose or third dose of Covid vaccines is being provided to health and frontline workers as a “matter of abundant precaution”.

People aged 60 years-andabove with comorbidities, who have received two doses of Covid-19 vaccine, will on doctor’s advice be provided with the precaution dose from January 10, it said. While an estimated three crore people above 60 years of age are expected to have comorbidities, very few may actually be eligible for receiving the third dose in January, given the ninemonth gap required.

Citizens irrespective of their income status are entitled to free Covid vaccination at government vaccination centres. Those who can pay are encouraged to use private hospitals’ vaccination centres, the ministry said.