Thalassemia, Sickle cell patients to get Covid vaccine on priority

Nagpur, Feb 27

Thalassemia and Sickle cell patients are on high risk of getting infection. The director of Thalassemia and Sickle Cell Centre Dr Vinky Rughwani had requested the union health minister Dr Harshwardhan that these patients should be included in the list of comorbidities and Thalassemia and Sickle cell have been included in the list of comorbidities after Dr Rughwani’s efforts.

Inspite of getting the name in the list of comorbidities, many of the Thalassemia and Sickle cell patients will not be able to get the vaccine because of age criteria. As most of the patients of Thalassemia and Sickle cell disease are below the age of 45. Hence they are not eligible to get the vaccine. Dr. Rughwani has requested the government that the criteria of age should be relaxed for these patients so that these needy patients can get vaccinated.