Pune: Approval of parents – Written or oral – No required for covid teen vaccination in the age group 15-17, the State Immunization Officer Dr.
Sachin Desai was confirmed on Sunday.
“There is a lot of confusion about looking for parents ‘approval before vaccing to teenagers.
But like the norm of the trade union government, parents’ approval is not needed,” said Dr.
Desai.
The issue of approval has emerged as soon as vaccination for adolescents was announced at the school and college.
“Schools are under the impression that they need written oral approval of parents before vaccing their teen students.
But it’s not the problem,” said Dr.
Desai, added that registration on the Cowin portal before getting an injection was considered approval.
“So schools should not be Forcing students to bring approval letters from parents, “he said.
Senior officials also said the rules apply not only for vaccinations in school or college, but in hospital-based vaccine centers too.
Doctor of Senior Pediatrician Dr.
Pramod Jog, member of the Covid Task Force, said, “Although the written agreement of parents is not needed, it is suggested that parents (at least one of them) accompany the child when taking a Covid shot.
This will increase vaccine trust in the center Vaccination.
In addition, the physical presence of parents also supports mentally.
“Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, which is currently given to the Teenagere of State (Group 15-17) has the approval of the Emergency Use of the Workers’ Government for Children (Group 2-18).
Vaccines have been found safe and effective in children’s trials in 2-18 brackets.
Until January 18, officials said they only recorded 120 cases of small side effects between 25 Lakh teenagers who had received the Covid vaccine.
From them, 118 cases involve small side effects such as redness on the skin or pain in injection sites, lightweight fever and headaches.
Two remaining incidents were not related to the Covid-19 vaccine, the researcher ruled.