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What is the News?
The Prime Minister has announced new vaccination plans for Covid-19.
What are the new announcements made by the Prime Minister related to the Covid-19 Vaccine?
Firstly, Covid-19 Vaccine will be made available for children above 15 years from January 3, 2022.
Secondly, the “precautionary” doses will be administered to healthcare and frontline workers (HFW) of India from January 10, 2022.
Thirdly, precautionary doses will also be available for senior citizens — those above 60 — with co-morbidities if recommended by their doctors.
Note: In India, a booster dose is called a precautionary dose. The aim of this dose is to boost immunity which is likely to wane 7-8 months after vaccination or previous infection.
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Fourthly, a nasal vaccine and the world’s first DNA vaccine against Covid will soon start in India.
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Source: This post is based on the article ‘COVID-19 vaccines for 15-18 year olds; boosters for healthcare, frontline workers, senior citizens with comorbidities’ published in Down To Earth on 25th Dec 2021.
