🌠Coronavirus infections among children and adolescents typically cause less severe illness as compared to adults, according to the WHO, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.
♍Coronavirus infections among children and adolescents typically cause less severe illness as compared to adults, according to the WHO, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.
🌠Coronavirus infections among children and adolescents typically cause less severe illness as compared to adults, according to the WHO, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Friday.
🎶Omicron and its sub-lineages have been found in 7,362 samples while Delta and its sub-lineages were detected in 118 samples analyzed by the INSACOG from January 1 2022 to July 25, 2022, in children aged 0-18 years, Union Minister of State for Health Bharati Pravin Pawar said in a written reply.
🌺Pawar was responding to a question on whether the children are getting affected by the coronavirus infection in the country and the current status of vaccination of children in the age group of 12-18 years and 5-12 years.
♕"According to World Health Organization, SARS-CoV-2 infections among children and adolescents typically cause less severe illness as compared to adults," Pawar said.
🃏As of July 26 this year, 9.96 crore first doses (82.2 percent coverage) and 7.79 crore second doses (64.3 percent coverage) have been administered to children between 12-18 years of age.
ꦉVaccination below 12 years of age has not started under the national Covid-19 vaccination program in the country, she said, adding adequate vaccine doses are made available to all states and union territories to vaccinate all eligible children.
(Inputs from PTI)