Covid vaccinations for 12-14 age group from March 16

The Centre, after due deliberations with scientific bodies, has decided to start COVID19 vaccination for 12 to 13 years and 13 to 14 years age groups from Wednesday March 16. It will be for those born in 2008, 2009 and 2010 those who are already above 12 years of age. The COVID19 vaccine to be administered would be Corbevax manufactured by Biological Evans, Hyderabad. It is to be noted that population above 14 years of age is already being administered COVID-19 vaccine under the ongoing COVID19 vaccination programme.
The government has also decided that the condition of co-morbidity for COVID19 Precaution Dose for population over 60 years of age will be removed forthwith. Hence, from 16th March 2022 onwards, the entire population above 60 years of age will be eligible for the Precaution Dose of COVID19 vaccine. Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya has urged the families of children and people in the age group of 60 above to get vaccinated. In a tweet, Mandaviya said, if the children are safe then the country is safe. 

Vaccination slots for children aged 15-18 were opened in January 2022. Over 40 lakh children in the 15 to 18 age group were administered the Covid-19 vaccine on the first day of the vaccination drive. India began its Covid-19 vaccination a year ago. Covaxin and ZyCoV-1 were in consideration for the vaccination of children aged 15-18 in India. Covaxin, manufactured by Bharat Biotech, is the same vaccine that is used for the inoculation of adults.ZyCoC-1, developed by Zydus Cadila, is a new vaccine and full vaccination comprises three doses. However, on the CoWin app, only Covaxin is shown as an available shot for kids.