According to the experts, along with children having medical conditions, children of parents with medical conditions should also be prioritised for COVID-19 vaccination.
Last week, Maharashtra's pediatric task force submitted its recommendations to the state government to jab children having underlying medications like obesity, malnutrition, juvenile diabetes and few others. Post this, the demand to vaccinate children of high-risk parents started. A member of the state's pediatric COVID-19 task force, senior pediatrician Pramod Jog, said that the next priority should be vaccinating children of high-risk parents.
A few shreds of evidence suggest that children having underlying medical conditions are at a higher risk of suffering from severe illness due to coronavirus.
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ZyCoV-D and Covaxin are the two COVID-19 vaccines for the immunization of children aged between 2-17 years. They are expected to be introduced together under the country's coronavirus immunization programme by December end. Meanwhile, Word Health Organization (WHO) has already granted Emergency Use Listing (EUL) to Bharat Biotech's Covaxin.
Maharashtra has already crossed the 100 million vaccination mark. On Wednesday, November 17, the state attained the mark of vaccinating 7 crore citizens with at least the first dose of the vaccine. Maharashtra has now become the second state in administering the highest number of the first dose of vaccine in India.
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