Covaxin trials for children are presently underway and the results are expected to be released by September, AIIMS director Randeep Guleria said today, news agency ANI tweeted.
On Friday, the AIIMS chief said that children in India can start getting vaccinated by September 2021. "In the coming few weeks or by September vaccines should be available for children.
We should then start schools in a graded manner as we have been doing for 18-45 years age and that also will give more protection to the kid and more confidence to the public that children are safe." PTI quoted Dr Guleria.
The trial is conducted in three phases by segregating children into categories according to their age. The first trial was started in the age group of 12-18