Unvaccinated Children

The regional director emphasised the need for periodic mapping of at-risk populations and for developing actionable plans to address gaps in immunisation.

In his letter to the prime minister, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that there is a lack of availability of Covaxin and Covishield, and most children below 18 years remain unprotected

People attending the Republic Day parade must be fully vaccinated against Covid and children below 15 years of age will not be allowed to attend the function, a set of guidelines issued by the Delhi Police stated.

Schools in the state are currently shut in view of big surge in coronavirus cases in the past fortnight. The minister issued the instruction during a meeting with officials to review the current Covid situation in the state.

As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalizations and even deaths, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday.

India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICEF said.

For more than 30 years in Oregon, cases of tetanus in children were almost mythical - studied in textbooks but never seen in person - thanks to the effectiveness of pediatric vaccination programs.

India and Indonesia are far behind in their battle against measles and account for over 90 per cent of the unvaccinated children in the Southeast Asia, the WHO said here today, asserting that the vaccination drive was hampered due to misconceptions and misinformation.

The regional director emphasised the need for periodic mapping of at-risk populations and for developing actionable plans to address gaps in immunisation.

In his letter to the prime minister, Congress leader Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury claimed that there is a lack of availability of Covaxin and Covishield, and most children below 18 years remain unprotected

People attending the Republic Day parade must be fully vaccinated against Covid and children below 15 years of age will not be allowed to attend the function, a set of guidelines issued by the Delhi Police stated.

Schools in the state are currently shut in view of big surge in coronavirus cases in the past fortnight. The minister issued the instruction during a meeting with officials to review the current Covid situation in the state.

As more adults get their COVID-19 vaccines, children who are not yet eligible for vaccination in most countries are representing a larger percentage of hospitalizations and even deaths, the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) warned on Wednesday.

India has the highest number of under-vaccinated or unvaccinated children worldwide at 3.5 million, an increase of 1.4 million from 2019, amid the COVID-19 pandemic outbreak, the UNICEF said.

For more than 30 years in Oregon, cases of tetanus in children were almost mythical - studied in textbooks but never seen in person - thanks to the effectiveness of pediatric vaccination programs.

India and Indonesia are far behind in their battle against measles and account for over 90 per cent of the unvaccinated children in the Southeast Asia, the WHO said here today, asserting that the vaccination drive was hampered due to misconceptions and misinformation.