Government advisory panel NTAGI will meet on June 16 to review data on Covaxin and Corbevax vaccines for the 6-12 age group and also deliberate on reducing the gap between the second and precaution doses from the current nine to six months.
The National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation (NTAGI) will hold its meeting amid a fresh spike in COVID-19 cases in the country. Currently, those aged 12 years and above are vaccinated against COVID-19.
The agenda for the NTAGI's Standing Technical Sub-Committee (STSC) meeting includes discussion on a study by the Christian Medical College (CMC), Vellore on the feasibility of allowing precaution dose of a COVID-19 vaccine separate from the one used for primary vaccination, the Covid burden in pediatric population, and log-term safety of ZyCoV-D vaccine, official sources said.
