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Vaccine for children below 18 likely in Spetember:AIIMS

  In a major step towards fighting the Third wave of COVID19 pandemic, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria on Saturday announced that children be...


 In a major step towards fighting the Third wave of COVID19 pandemic, AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria on Saturday announced that children below the age of 18 in India are likely to start getting vaccinated by September 2021. 

"As early as September, we should see children being vaccinated," Gulerai told a leading news channel. two pharma companies Pfizer and Zydus vaccines should be soon available for children. 
This statement by the AIIMS Chief comes even as India is yet to clear a Covid-19 vaccine for children.
The news brings hope as some experts have predicted that the third wave of Covid-19 may hit children hard. 

Vaccinating the younger generation will strengthen India's  fight against Coronavirus. Zydus Cadila had applied for emergency use authorization (EUA) with the Drug Controller General of India (DCGI) for its COVID-19 vaccine ZyCoV-D. The vaccine, when approved, will not only facilitate young adults but also adolescents in the 12 to 18 years age group. The company said it had conducted the largest clinical trial for its COVID-19 vaccine in India so far in over 50 centres.
Scaling up its preparedness, the central government last week cautioned that even though Covid-19 has not yet affected the children till now, its impact can increase among them if there is a change in virus behaviour or epidemiology dynamics. They have also said that preparations are being strengthened to deal with any such situation.

Meanwhile, the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) is all set to start its second dose clinical trial of Bharat Biotech's COVAXIN on 2-6-year-old children by next week. 

The second dose of the COVID-19 vaccines has already been given to children aged between 6 to 12 years at the Delhi AIIMS, which is one of the main centres for trials of the vaccine for those below 18 years. Covaxin is being used on adults in India's ongoing Covid-19 vaccination drive since January 16 this year.



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