Review Article
Year: 2021 | Month: March | Volume: 11 | Issue: 3 | Pages: 74-77
Impact of COVID-19 on Immunization of Children in India
Sailee Bhambere1, Snehal Hirve2
1BDS, MPH, College of Engineering, Pune
2B.Tech Biotechnology, MBA, College of Engineering, Pune
Corresponding Author: Sailee Bhambere
ABSTRACT
COVID-19 has caused devastation in every possible human endeavor since it started, and while the early hazards became obvious right away, others like the effect it has had on the Immunization of children, are just coming to surface. This review narrates how COVID-19 due to multiple factors has reduced the percentage of children getting immunized in developed & developing countries alike. One of the major sustainable development goals (SDGs) by the United Nations is to end preventable deaths in infants & children below 5 years of age. The pandemic has hurt the impetus that this mission had achieved. Authors further discuss the immunization schedule & guidance related to that in India. The authors also go on to break this problem into strategic categories & enumerate some simple short term and long-term steps that can be taken to prevent the children & their families from contracting COVID-19, but at the same time also receive vaccination & resume their immunization schedule safely.
Key words: COVID-19, Coronavirus, Lockdown, Immunization, Vaccination, Children.