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Submit data on vaccine immunity among young children: NTAGI to institutes

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) will hold its crucial meeting on vaccine for children next week

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A healthworker fills a syringe with a dose of COVID-19 vaccine before administering it to a beneficiary, in New Delhi, Saturday, April 23, 2022. (PTI Photo/Shahbaz Khan)

Sohini Das Mumbai
India’s vaccine think-tank has asked several public sector institutions, including the National Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), to submit data on their analysis of immunity amongst young children against the Covid-19 virus.

The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) will hold its crucial meeting on vaccine for children next week.

“We plan to take up the issue on children’s vaccination in next week’s meeting, and review data on the three children’s vaccines available now. However, before that we have asked institutions to submit their analysis of immunity among young children who were widely exposed in the Omicron-led third wave,” said a