The nationwide COVID-19 vaccination program will likely begin for children in the 12-14 years age group from February-end, said Dr N K Arora, chairman of the COVID-19 working group of the National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation.

The adolescent vaccination drive has shown impressive results with nearly 45% coverage in mere 13 days. Dr Arora said that the goal is to cover all 7.4 crore adolescents in the 15-17 years age group with the first dose by the end of January so that administration of the second dose can be started from early February and can be finished by February-end. “We want to start vaccinating children between 12 and 14 years from February-end or early March,” added Dr Arora… (ET Healthworld – TNN, January 17, 2022)