India won't be vaccinating children against Covid for now

June 25, 2021 17:16

Only adults are being vaccinated against Covid in India

GoI on vaccinating children: "Whether very small children will ever need vaccine, is still a question. Till such time, we've more data on vaccination of children, we won't be in a position to vaccinate children at large. However, we have started a small study on children between the age of 2-18 years and we shall have results of that by September or so. However, international jury is still not out and they're still debating whether children need to be vaccinated. We've seen some complications in the US."

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