By Our Correspondent
NEW DELHI/BHUBANESWAR: FICCI has welcomes the announcement of Prime Minister Narendra Modi to vaccinate youngsters of 15-18 age groups. FICCI Senior Vice President and IMFA Group MD , Subhrakant Panda in a tweet, said , India’s success against Covid is on the basis of such science-led decisions.
“Welcome PM @narendramodi ji’s announcement of vaccines for 15y+ as well as booster dose for healthcare/frontline workers & 60y+ with co-morbidities. India’s success against Covid is on the basis of such science-led decisions. @ficci_india,” FICCI Senior VP Subhrakant Panda tweeted @subhrakantpanda.
The Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi addressed the nation on Saturday. The Prime Minister announced that from 3rd January 2022, Monday, vaccination will start for the children in the age group of 15-18 years. The move is likely to aid in education normalization in schools and will reduce the worry of the parents with school going children. He also announced precaution dose for healthcare and frontline workers from 10th January 2022, Monday.
This has been done in the light of the amount of time that the frontline workers and health care workers spend in the service of Covid patients. In India, this has been called ‘precaution dose’ not booster dose. The decision of precaution dose will strengthen confidence of healthcare and frontline workers. The Prime Minister also announced that option of precaution dose will be available for senior citizens above 60 years of age with co-morbidities on the advice of their doctors from 10th January, 2022.
