India is likely to start vaccinating children against Covid-19 soon. Vaccines for children are likely in a matter of days, Prime Minister Narendra Modi was reportedly told on Tuesday morning at a meeting of BJP MPs at Parliament.
NDTV has reported that Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said at the meeting of the BJP's parliamentary party that the government would likely start vaccinating children next month.
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Earlier this month, the chief of the National Expert Group on Vaccines, Dr NK Arora, had told NDTV that vaccination for children will start by September with the Zydus vaccine for 12 to 18-year-olds.
Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Zydus Cadila's candidate are testing vaccines for children.