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No Covid vaccine for children before schools open; parents, teachers need jabs, says NTAGI chief

Mumbai: There was no need to vaccinate children for reopening schools, said NTAGI task force chairman Dr N K Arora on Saturday. “What is important is to vaccinate parents, teachers and school staffers before the resumption of physical classes,” he said.

Vaccination of healthy children would commence next year, but the immunization of kids with comorbidities would start next month, Dr Arora said.
He said they were finalising the list of comorbidities in this age group and it would be ready in the next 8-10 days.

Virologist Dr T Jacob John said the priority of vaccination for children was not high and schools should reopen before the immunisation programme was rolled out.

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