Centre's Notice On COVID-19 Vaccine Booster For Those Above 60 With Co-Morbidity
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Potential beneficiaries can either register themselves on Co-WIN from January 1 or avail of a walk-in registration when vaccination commences from January 3. Those with a birth year of 2007 or before will be eligible for vaccination under this category, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said.
People aged 60 years and above with co-morbidity will not be required to produce or submit any certificate from doctor at the time of administration of precaution dose (3rd dose / booster) of COVID-19 vaccine, the Centre told states and union territories on Tuesday.
Such persons are expected to obtain the advice of their doctor before deciding to avail of the precaution dose or third dose.
In a letter to states and UTs, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said personnel to be deployed in election duty in the poll-bound states will be included in the category of frontline workers.
Eligibility of such beneficiaries for the precaution dose will be based on the date of administration of 2nd dose as recorded in the Co-WIN system - completion of nine months i.e. 39 weeks from the date of administration of second dose - Mr Bhushan said.
