Vaccination for children between 15-18 years against Covid-19 from January 3, 2022, keeping rising cases linked to the Omicron variant of the coronavirus, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Saturday.
Boosters for health care and frontline workers will open on January 3, and for people aged 60 and above with certain health conditions that put them at a higher risk of severe Covid-19 disease will start on January 10, the PM said.
PM Modi said, “In our country, a nasal vaccine and the world’s first DNA vaccine will also start soon,” adding that “since the beginning, India’s fight against Corona has been based on scientific principles, scientific opinions, and scientific patterns.”
He also said, Today, the nation has 18 lakh isolation beds, 5 lakh oxygen supported beds, 1.4 lakh ICU beds, and 90,000 unique beds for kids. Further, he added, we have over 3,000 functional PSA Oxygen plants, and 4 lakh cylinders have been provided to all states.
