By Sandeep Singh Grewal
REGISTRATION is now open for children to receive Covid-19 vaccinations, it has been announced.
Children in the age group of 3-11 who suffer from diseases that cause weak immunity are eligible to receive two doses of the Sinopharm vaccine, said the Health Ministry yesterday.
The GDN reported last Wednesday that the decision by the National Taskforce to Combat the Coronavirus (Covid-19) to vaccinate younger children was based on a study that reviewed Covid-19 symptoms in patients suffering from diseases that cause immunity to weaken, such as respiratory diseases, heart diseases, diabetes, obesity, cancerous tumours, Down Syndrome and birth defects.
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