CoWIN platform chief Dr RS Sharma said: "Children in the age group of 15-18 years will be able to register on the CoWIN app from Jan 1. We've added an additional (10th) ID card for registration – the student ID card because some might not have Aadhaar or other identity cards," reported news agency ANI.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday had announced that COVID-19 vaccinations for 15 to 18-year-olds will begin on January 3, 2022. He also said that healthcare and frontline workers will be provided with "precautionary doses" and people above 60 years of age who have co-morbidities can opt for a booster dose, on a doctor's recommendation, from January 10, 2022.
Doctors across the nation had welcomed the decision.
PM Modi said that this will reduce the worries of children going to schools and colleges and their parents, and boost the fight against the pandemic, adding that the move is also likely to aid in the normalisation of teaching in schools.
PM Modi had also said that more than 61% of India's adult population had received both doses of the COVID-19 vaccine and about 90% had got at least one dose of a vaccine.