The elderly population eligible for COVID-19 booster shots, also known as ‘precautionary doses’, will need a medical certificate to take the dose, said Dr RS Sharma, chief executive officer of the National Health Authority, which coWIN is the head of operations of the platform, told News18. com.
In a surprise Christmas address, Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced that India will start giving a third “precautionary dose” to health care and frontline workers and people above 60 from January 10. He also announced Vaccination for children aged 15-18 from 3 january
“Eligible elders will need a medical certificate to prove their eligibility. We will follow the same list of comorbidities issued during the launch of the vaccination campaign for people in the age group of 45 to 59 years,” Dr Sharma told News18.com. “The process remains the same as it was before but for any other age-group.”
Sharma is credited with creating CoWIN, the software that is touted as the backbone of India’s COVID-19 vaccination campaign.
government will allow booster dose Based on specified 20 comorbidities, including cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, stem cell transplantation, kidney disease or dialysis, cirrhosis, cancer, sickle cell disease, and current long-term use of steroids or immunosuppressant drugs.
The certificate of co-morbidity signed by any registered medical practitioner can either be uploaded by the beneficiary on Co-Win 2.0, while self-registration or hard copy can be carried by the beneficiary to the vaccination centres.
Sharma told News18.com that the registration process is easy for children. “Anyone of the eligible age group can register on Co-Win and schedule their shots.”
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