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BENGALURU: The question of starting vaccine trials on children below 12 was discussed at a recent meeting of the Indian Medical Association’s Standing Committee on Child Health.
Chairman of the Standing Committee Dr S Srinivasa, who is from Karnataka, said that he has asked the national president Dr J A Jayalal to write to the Centre on permitting clinical trials in children as it is “very important to safeguard them. They are carriers of the novel coronavirus and can spread the disease easily.”
Covid-19 mortality is low in children due to less lung penetration, fewer Ace2 receptors (associated with entry of SARS-C-oV-2) and reduced cytokine storm.
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BENGALURU: A day after Karnataka received the first consignment of the Covishield vaccine, the state is set to receive doses of Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Deputy Director for immunisation at the Department of Health and Family Welfare, Dr Rajani Nageshrao, told The New Indian Express, “We are expecting 40,000 doses of Covaxin, of which 20,000 will arrive on Wednesday. The Serum Institute (of India) has sent more (Covishield) vaccines and that will be used for now in Phase I, for health care workers and frontline workers.”
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