Dr RS Sharma, CoWIN platform Chief on the registration process on the CoWIN app.
Children in the age group of 15-18 years will be able to register on the CoWIN app from January 1. “We’ve added an additional (10th) ID card for registration — the student ID card because some may not have Aadhaar or other identity cards,” Dr Sharma says.
As Omicron cases rise in the country, and around the world, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday announced that vaccination for children aged 15 years and up will begin from January 3rd, 2022.
‘Precaution’ doses for frontline workers, as well as co-morbid patients aged 60 years and up, will be given from January 10. The prime minister used the term precaution dose and did not call it booster dose as it has been generally referred to.
