Covid: Govt issues guidelines for precaution doses, vaccination of children

For those Health Care Workers and Front Line Workers who have received two doses, another dose of Covid vaccine would be provided from Jan 10

Union Health Ministry on Monday issued guidelines for Covid vaccination of children between 15-18 years, precaution dose to health care and frontline workers, and 60+ population with co-morbidities.

For those Health Care Workers (HCWs) and Front Line Workers (FLWs) who have received two doses, another dose of Covid vaccine would be provided from January 10. The prioritisation and sequencing of this precaution dose would be based on the completion of 9 months from the date of administration of second dose, state the guidelines.

"Keeping in view the recent global surge of Covid-19 cases, detection of Omicron variant, scientific evidence, global