More than 90% of Indian adults received their first dose of coronavirus vaccine.
India on Saturday , December 25, announced the approval of COVID-19 vaccination for adolescents between 15 and 18 years old.
Axios reports this with reference to Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
It is noted that minors will be able to get the coronavirus vaccine from January 3.
In addition, from next week, health workers and everyone working on the front lines of the fight against SARS-CoV-2 will be offered a booster dose of the COVID vaccine. High-risk individuals and citizens over 60 years of age will also have access to an additional shot.
In total, Modi said more than 90% of the adult population in India has already received the first dose of the vaccine.
< p> Recall that over the past two weeks in the country, on average, about seven thousand new infections were recorded daily.
In September 2020 and in May of this year, the state was covered by large-scale outbreaks of COVID-19. At the peak of the second surge in India, more than 400 thousand patients were recorded every day.
