India charts a separate way. Addressing the nation on Saturday, PM Narendra Modi announced that children in the 15-18 years age group will now get COVID-19 vaccines starting 3rd January 2022. Youngsters getting vaccine dose is expected to aid in education normalization in schools and will reduce the worry of parents with school-going children.
As a precautionary measure, the government has also decided that precaution dose of vaccine will be started for frontline workers and healthcare workers with an effort to strengthen the ongoing pandemic battle. PM Modi said that citizens above 60 years of age with co-morbidities will also have the option of the Precaution Dose of the vaccine on the recommendation of their doctors. This will also be available from January 10, 2022 onwards.
The Prime Minister further announced that India will soon get a nasal vaccine and the world's first DNA vaccine. He said that India has relentlessly worked to keep citizens safe and all the decisions taken are based on the suggestions by country’s top scientists.
The rising cases of daily Covid-19 infections across the country is said to be majorly driven by the JN.1 sub variant. As of now, the country has reportedly detected about 145 cases of JN.1 variant from eight states.
If one draws parallels between the patterns, is there any relation between the surge of Covid-19 infections and the month December? Several studies have pointed out that the cold and dry condition provides a habitat to the Covid-19 virus.
The Health Ministry on Monday issued an advisory in the wake of the recent surge in COVID-19 cases in some States/UTs and detection of the first case of the new JN.1 variant. Highlighting the need for maintaining constant vigil over the COVID situation in the country, Union Health Secretary, Sudhansh Pant shot off a letter to States/UTs.
The fears of the Covid-19 pandemic have resurfaced across the country after several people in Kerala have been infected by the new JN.1 variant. India reported 335 fresh COVID19 cases and five deaths in the last 24 hours.
The rising cases of daily Covid-19 infections across the country is said to be majorly driven by the JN.1 sub variant. As of now, the country has reportedly detected about 145 cases of JN.1 variant from eight states.
If one draws parallels between the patterns, is there any relation between the surge of Covid-19 infections and the month December? Several studies have pointed out that the cold and dry condition provides a habitat to the Covid-19 virus.
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