Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya on Thursday said the government does not want to make haste about administering the COVID-19 vaccine to children and any decision in this regard will be taken based on expert opinion. On when vaccination for children could start as Zydus Cadila’s Covid vaccine has been granted emergency use authorization for those 12-year-old and above, he said children were not being inoculated against COVID-19 on a large scale anywhere in the world though it has been initiated in some countries in a limited manner. All the vaccines which have currently received emergency use authorization will be granted full authorization only after a detailed study and based on the data of four to five years, he said. On the probability of administering a booster dose, he said adequate stocks are available and the aim is to complete the vaccination of the target population with two doses. After that, a decision on booster dose would be taken based on expert recommendation, Mandaviya said. Despite a large population and diverse challenges, nearly 80 percent of India’s adult population have taken at least the first dose. The country’s vaccination performance has been remarkable, Mandaviya said. About Covaxin’s approval by WHO, the minister said that he had discussed the matter with WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus on more than a couple of occasions to understand the requirements a vaccine needed to fulfill to get the clearance. In the coming days, vaccines manufactured in India will be made available around the globe at affordable rates, Mandaviya said and stressed India will play a major role in global covid vaccination efforts.
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