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Digital Desk: India is ready to begin CoWin registrations for the Covid-19 Vaccination for 15-18 age group from Saturday. The government has stated both walk-in and online registration will be available for vaccination of children, who would start getting doses against Covid-19 on January 3.
While the CoWin registrations will begin from Saturday, the onsite registration will commence from the day of vaccination, i.e. January 3 itself.
According to the government's guidelines, children can book slots on the CoWin app using their ID cards from January 1.
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Dr R S Sharma, Cowin platform chief, had earlier said that besides Aadhaar and other national identity cards, children could use their class 10th ID card for registration.
Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin has received approval for emergency use in children and will be the only vaccine to be administered to the 15 to 18 age group, as per PTI.
On Tuesday, the Union health secretary chaired a workshop through video conference with all states and union territories (UTs) to review the rollout of vaccination for the age group 15-18 and precautionary third dose for vulnerable categories - healthcare workers (HCW), frontline workers (FLW), and those in the 60 age group who have co-morbidities.
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