‘Include cancer patients for Covid vaccination without age restriction’ March 02, 2021 × Infectious diseases specialist urges inclusion of all adult patients who had a cancer diagnosis within the last five years, whether on treatment or not Cancer patients diagnosed in the past five years should also be prioritised for the Covid-19 vaccine, without an age restriction, an infectious diseases specialist has said in his letter to the Health Ministry and NITI Aayog top-brass. The list of co-morbidities eligible for the Covid-19 vaccine mentions cancer patients at the highest risk, but cancer patients in the 18-45 age group are also vulnerable and need to be included, Dr Abdul Ghafur, an infectious diseases consultant at Chennai’s Apollo Cancer Institute, told