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Coronavirus vaccine: Over 3 crore teens between 15-18 age group receive first dose
•Amid the spread of the Omicron variant and the surge in COVID-19 cases, India began vaccination drive for children on 3 January
Over 40 lakh children get COVID-19 vaccine on first day; PM Modi calls it 'important step'
Fp Staff •The children, some dressed in school uniforms and others in casuals, were greeted with flowers and were gifted pens and eatables at some places after receiving the vaccine
COVID-19 vaccination: Over 3.5 lakh children in 15-18 age group register on CoWin
•The data on the portal revealed that as many as 92,18,61,878 registrations have been made so far, including 57,37,14,969 of age group 18-44, and 34,77,88,925 of age above 45
COVID-19 vaccine for kids: Vaccination for 15-18 age group to begin tomorrow
•As per Delhi health minister Satyendar Jain, the national capital has the capacity to vaccinate 3 lakh children, in the age group of 15 to 18 years, every day
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin gets DCGI nod for emergency use for children aged 12-18
Fp Staff •With this, Covaxin becomes the second COVID-19 vaccine cleared for use for children in India. In August, Zydus Cadila's three-dose DNA jab was allowed to be used on all over the age of 12
Serum Institute to launch COVID vaccine for children in six months, says Adar Poonawalla
•He said that Covovax is under trial and has shown excellent data all the way down to the age group of three years
India records 36,571 new COVID-19 cases, 540 deaths in last 24 hours; national recovery at 97.5%
•The country’s toll rose to 4,33,589 with 540 more deaths recorded in the last 24 hours, while the number of active cases declined by 524 to 3,63,605
What the indemnity clause is and how its waiver will accelerate arrival of COVID-19 vaccines in India
Fp Staff •Given that Pfizer's mRNA vaccine is the only jab to have been approved for use in children aged 12 and 17, the 50 million doses the govt aiming to procure should be allow India vaccinate most of its children in that age group
Govt panel recommends against allowing SII to conduct trial of Covovax on children; all you need to know
Fp Staff •The expert group responsible for assessing the merits of SII's proposal has noted that the vaccine has not been approved in any country and the trial on adult population in India also began only in March
India records 50,040 new COVID-19 cases, 1,258 fresh fatalities; active cases less than 2%
•India administered 64.25 lakh vaccine doses in a day, taking the cumulative number of jabs given so far under the nationwide inoculation drive to 32.17 crore, according to immunisation data published at 7 am