Covid Vaccination For Children: Covid vaccination is in full swing in the country. India is reaching a new milestone in vaccination by delivering a record number of vaccines to the people than any other country in the world. Meanwhile, the central government has further accelerated the vaccination drive in the wake of the ongoing Omicron boom. In this context several key decisions are made. It is learned that the Kovid vaccine distribution program for 15 to 18 year olds across the country started from January 3 this year. However, another key decision has recently been taken regarding the distribution of the vaccine to children. The Central Government has recently announced that children under the age of 15 by January 1, 2023 will also be eligible for the Kovid vaccine under the age group of 15-18 years.
To this end, the Union Ministry of Health has written a letter to all the Union and State Governments. The letter to state and union territories states that all children born in 2007 or earlier are eligible to be vaccinated. According to the latest guidelines, all children born in 2005, 2006, and 2007 are eligible to be vaccinated.
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Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya will today hold a review with the southern states on the latest developments in vaccination and corona. Ministers of Health from Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Andhra Pradesh, Lakshadweep, Telangana, Andaman and Nicobar Islands are expected to attend the meeting.
Meanwhile, the Kovid boom in the country continues. The last few days have seen a huge increase in daily positive cases. At present the daily positivity rate has increased to 15.88 per cent. That means 15 out of every 100 people are infected with Kovid. In the last 24 hours, 2,51,209 positive cases were reported. 627 people died with the corona yesterday. In a single day, 3,47,443 people recovered from Kovid. The total number of positive cases registered in the country so far has reached 4 crore six lakhs. The death toll rose to 4,92,327. There are currently 21 lakh 5 thousand 611 corona active cases in the country. So far 164.44 crore vaccinations have been distributed in the country. To this end, the Union Health Ministry on Friday issued a Health Bulletin on Kovid. children and young adults. (File Photo/ Getty)
New Delhi: Union Health Ministry on Thursday wrote to all states and union territories (UTs) clarifying that those attaining age of 15 years as on January 2023, are eligible for Covid-19 vaccine under 15-18 age group.
The Ministry also clarified that those born in years 2005, 2006 and 2007 are eligible in 15-18 years' category India's vaccination drive.
Meanwhile, the government today informed that 59 per cent of adolescents in the 15-18 year age group have so far received the first dose of Covid vaccine.
India Covid Situation
In its daily press conference, the Health Ministry today informed that India currently has early indications of Covid infections plateauing have been reported in some places but the trend needs to be observed.
A decrease in Covid cases and positivity rate have been observed in Maharashtra, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Odisha, Haryana and West Bengal. However, states such as Karnataka, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, Rajasthan are still recording high number of Covid cases.
Lav Agarwal, the joint secretary in the Health Ministry said that s clear trend in terms of fewer Covid cases requiring oxygen-supported beds or ICU beds has been observed.
"Also, active Covid-19 cases and corresponding deaths are much lower during the present wave compared to earlier surges," he said.
Additionally, the government also said that as many as 400 districts of the coutry have reported over 10 per cent weekly Covid positivity while in 141 districts it was between five to 10 per cent in the week ending January 26.
The top 10 states in terms of active Covid cases were contributing over 77 per cent of total active infections in the country, Agarwal said, adding 11 states have over 50,000 active Covid cases while Karnataka, Maharashtra and Kerala have over 3 lakh active infections.
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