CoWIN platform chief Dr RS Sharma has said that children in the age group of 15-18 years will be able to register on the CoWIN app from Jan 1 and an additional (10th) ID card for registration – the student ID card has been added by CoWIN for kids who do not have Aadhaar or other identity cards.
On December 25, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had announced that vaccinations for 15 to 18-year-olds will begin on January 3, 2022. He had also said that healthcare and frontline workers will be provided with “precautionary doses” and people above 60 years of age who have co-morbidities can opt for a booster dose, on a doctor’s recommendation, from January 10, 2022.
This will reduce the worries of children going to schools and colleges and their parents, and boost the fight against the pandemic, PM Modi said, adding that the move is also likely to aid in the normalisation of teaching in schools.
PM Modi had also added that more than 61% of India’s adult population had received both doses of the vaccine and about 90% had got at least one dose of a vaccine.
