At the India Today Healthgiri Awards 2021 in Delhi on Gandhi Jayanti, Dr. Ravi Malik, Paediatrician, Radix Healthcare, said that children above 12 will start receiving vaccines for Covid-19 by October this year.
“Around 40% of the population is below 18, which is about 48 crores. Possibly, by October, Zydus Cadila’s vaccine will be given to kids above 12. This vaccine is not even an injection; this is an intradermal vaccine that will be given through jet. This vaccine is given intradermally, which means it has to be given in the skin. A fast jet will help give the dose, so injection is not required,” Dr Malik said.
