According to the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) director Randeep Guleria, nasal Covid-19 vaccine will be easy to give to school-going children who bear a very mild load of the disease but are infectious.
According to the AIIMS director Bharat Biotech is trying to get approval for it’s nasal vaccine. Such a vaccine will be easy to administer as it is a spray and not a jab. An entire class of children can be vaccinated in half an hour with the nasal vaccine. In view of this it would be advisable to wait till the nasal vaccine is available before school children are vaccinated.
A nasal vaccine for children is advantageous in many ways. Besides the ease of administering the vaccine, it will not be painful like a jab. Children will be more adverse and will resist taking an injection as compared to a nasal spray.
A nasal spray of the vaccine will probably not have side effects like localized pain, swelling, and even mild fever. It would hence be advisable to wait till the nasal spray Covid vaccine is made available before vaccinating the school children.
