Omicron: Thackeray's 3 suggestions to Centre

December 07, 2021 14:51

Maharashtra Minister Aaditya Thackeray has urged the Centre to allow booster shots, reduce the vaccine gap and bring down the cut-off age for inoculations to 15.

In a letter to Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya, Aaditya Thackeray listed the three suggestions, citing his interactions with doctors, for the purpose of protecting people from emerging Covid variants.

-- All front-line workers and health care workers, the group that was first to receive Covid shots when vaccinations started early in the year, should be allowed a "third shot at their studied desire.

-- Reducing the minimum age for vaccination to 15 will "enable us to cover secondary schools and junior colleges with vaccine protection.

-- The dose gap should be reduced for wider coverage.

Mumbai has covered 100 per cent of those eligible with the first vaccine shot and more than 73% have received the second, Thackeray said.

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