A day after the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) gave nod to vaccinate children between 6-12 years of age against COVID-19, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) said that they are likely to begin inoculation drive for this age group from May 2.
On Tuesday, April 26, DCGI granted emergency use authorisation of Covaxin and Corbevax for children between 5-12 years.
In addition, the narrative claims that the body has also granted emergency use authorisation to ZycovD (Zydus Cadila vaccine) for children over the age of 12 years.
BMC additional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani, who is also in charge of public health, told HT that the civic body will receive detailed guidelines from the union health ministry regarding the vaccination of 6-12 years of age in the next two days. After that, BMC will require two more days to make arrangements for the drive.
Official also stated that the vaccination drive will commence in all the existing facilities and only if there is an additional requirement then only they will set up additional facilities.
Moreover, in all the vaccination centres, at least one paediatrician will be present to monitor the drive every day. At present, four paediatricians are present in each of the 24 municipal wards for the vaccination of the 12-18 age group. Now, one more paediatrician will be added in each municipal ward for inoculation of those between 6-12 years of age.
As per reports, there is a target population of 5 lakh beneficiaries in the city, between the 6-12 years old age group.
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