India has started vaccinating children aged 15 to 18 against the coronavirus as it quickly expands its inoculation effort to cover the world's largest adolescent population amid fears the Omicron variant will drive a new surge of infections, Reuters reports.

Authorities on Monday reported 33,750 new Covid-19 cases and 123 deaths. The total number of cases of the fast-spreading Omicron variant detected in India was 1,700, the health ministry said.

A girl reacts as she receives a dose of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, during a vaccination drive for children aged 15-18 years in Ahmedabad, India on Monday. — Reuters
A girl reacts as she receives a dose of Bharat Biotech's Covid-19 vaccine, Covaxin, during a vaccination drive for children aged 15-18 years in Ahmedabad, India on Monday. — Reuters

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