New Delhi, January 17, 2022 (www.justkannada.in): The National Vaccination Technical Advisory Committee chief Dr. N.K. Arora, today informed that COVID vaccination will be available for children aged between 12 and 14 years, from March 2022.
Speaking in New Delhi today, Dr. N.K. Arora said that 3.3 crore children in the country aged between 15 and 17 years have been vaccinated, which comes to around 45% of children. All those children will also be administered the second dose within February, he informed.
There are 7.4 crore youth in the country. Hence, we will start administering the COVID vaccine to children between 12-14 years from March, he added.
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