Centre Government is thinking over the possibility of allowing booster doses of COVID vaccine for all above the age of 18 years, as per news agency PTI report. The prioritisation and sequencing of the dose would be base on the completion of nine months to 39 weeks from the date of administration of the second dose.
PTI Source Said :
“Government is considering to allow booster dose of Covid vaccine to all those above 18 years in view of a surge in infections in parts of the world and ease difficulties faced during international travel.”.
India is currently administering ‘precaution doses’ to healthcare and frontline workers and those aged above 60 years.
India began COVID-19 vaccination for children in the age group of 12 -14 years from 16th March, 2022.
The countrywide vaccination drive was roll out on 16th January 2021, with the healthcare workers getting inoculate in the first phase.
Vaccination of the frontline workers starts from 2nd February 2021.
The next phase of COVID-19 vaccination commence on 1st March 2022 for people over 60 years of age and those aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.
India launch vaccination for all people age more than 45 years from 1st April 2021.
Government then decide to expand its vaccination drive by allowing everyone above 18 years of age to be inoculate against the viral disease starting from 1st May 2021.
The next phase of Covid vaccination start from 3rd January 2022 for adolescents in the age group of 15-18 years.
India began administering precaution doses of the vaccines to the healthcare and frontline workers and those aged 60 and above with comorbidities from 10th January, 2022.
Union Health Ministry has urge states to boost COVID-19 surveillance measures, citing a resurgence in some parts of Asia and Europe.
China and Italy have seen a recent rise in cases.
Infections in India have fallen to their lowest in more than a year, with 1,549 new cases report in the past 24 hours and 31 deaths.
India’s total infections now stand at more than 43 million, with 516,510 deaths.
India has administer 1.81 billion vaccine doses, more than 20 million as boosters.
