Vaccination For Children: Over 45,000 (& Counting) Register On CoWIN In Odisha; Govt Says No Community Transmission Of Omicron Yet

Bhubaneswar: More than 45,000 children in the 15-18 age group in Odisha have already registered on CoWIN for their COVID-19 vaccine shots, state Health and Family Welfare Director Bijay Panigrahi said on Saturday. Eligible children can also walk into vaccination centres from January 3 and register themselves, he added.

Online registration of children in 15-18 age group started on Saturday for vaccination that will begin from January 3.

Panigrahi also said that there was no evidence indicating community transmission of Omicron. “There is a spike in COVID cases in the state and we need to be cautious. People with cough, cold should get themselves tested,” he said.

Children born on or before January 1, 2007 are eligible for vaccination. For registration, they can use either their Aadhaar cards or, if they don’t have Aadhaar, their student identity cards.

According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, those in the 15-18 age group will only be given Covaxin.

Odisha will be inoculating 25.53 lakh children in this age group.

The Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (BMC) has set a target to inoculate one lakh children in the state capital.

Additional District Urban Public Health Officer Antaryami Mishra said on Friday, “We hope that the number of children in the 15-18 age group will be around 1 lakh in the capital city.”