New Delhi: India will start vaccinating children aged 12-14 years from this week with two doses of the Biological E manufactured Corbevax vaccine.
Corbevax is an indigenous vaccine developed by Biological E in Hyderabad. It is also looking to get approval to vaccinate children aged 5 years and above.
In addition to that, citizens above 60 years of age can be administered a booster dose regardless of co-morbidities according to the Health Ministry.
The health ministry said that after ‘due deliberations’ with scientific bodies, it has decided to start Covid19 vaccination for 12-14-year-old children (those born in 2008,2009 and 2010) from March 16.