Third Wave of Covid-19 and Children: What You Need to Know About India’s Strategy and Vaccines for Kids
News 18Even as India grapples with the second wave of Covid-19 that left health systems across the country crumbling, experts are already calling for preparations for the third wave, which they predict will hit the country later this year. Meanwhile, the Osmanabad district administration has formed a task force to protect children in the possible “third wave” of the Covid-19 pandemic. Child rights body writes to states, Centre The National Commission for Protection of Child Rights, India’s apex child rights body, on Thursday said with a third wave projected to hit the country, the Centre and states should ramp up their preparations to protect children and neonates. NCPCR chairperson Priyank Kanoongo wrote to Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan saying the ongoing second wave was impacting a slightly greater number of younger people and a third wave is projected to hit the country, and will affect children too. In a letter to health secretaries of states and union territories, the chairperson said keeping in view the high risk involved for infants and children in the projected third wave, the NCPCR has developed a format to collect information on functioning of neonatal intensive care units, paediatric intensive care units and special newborn care units.