Without the necessary WHO endorsement, the Indian vaccine’s recipients may not be considered for air travel abroad. A Ministry of External Affairs source also informed that a separate process to get endorsement from the European Union “may take longer” but that is also on the cards.
Children are at limited risk for severe COVID-19 though they will continue to be susceptible to the infection as well be transmitters, say the latest guidelines from the Indian Academy of Pediatrics, a 32,000 member association of paediatricians in India.