The Centre will take a final decision on vaccinating children and adolescents against Coronavirus on the basis of overall scientific rationale as well as the supply situation of vaccines available for those below 18 years old, Covid Task Force chief V K Paul said on Sunday. Paul also cautioned that even though cases are coming down and the second wave is subsiding, it will not be fair now to say that the worst is over, since many countries have seen more than two waves.

“We do know that several nations have introduced vaccination for adolescents (people) and children. We’ll take a final decision based on the overall scientific rationale and the supply situation of the child-licensed vaccines, going forward,” he said. “A pragmatic decision (on vaccination of children and adolescents) can be taken (only) by balancing the supply and the potential eligibility.”