THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The state health department has released the criteria regarding the diagnosis of patients aged between 45 and 59 years to receive COVID vaccination

Those who fall into this category are mentioned below:

1. Heart failure with hospital admission in past one year
2. Post Cardiac Transplant/ Left Ventricular Assist Device (LVAD)
3. Significant Left ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVEF<40%)
4. Moderate or severe valvular heart disease
5. Congenital heart disease with severe PAH or Idiopathic PAH
6. Coronary Artery Disease with past CABG/PTCA/MI and Hypertension/ Diabetes on treatment
7. Angina and Hypertension/ Diabetes on treatment
8. CT/MRI documented stroke and Hypertension/ Diabetes on treatment
9. Pulmonary artery hypertension and Hypertension/ Diabetes on treatment
10. Diabetes (>10 years or with complications)and Hypertension/ Diabetes on treatment
11. Kidney/ Liver/ Hematopoietic stem cell transplant: Recipient/ On waitlist
12. End Stage Kidney Disease on haemodialysis/ CAPD
13. Current prolonged use of oral corticosteroids/ immunosuppressant medications
14. Decompensated cirrhosis
15. Severe respiratory disease with hospitalisations in last 2 years
16. Lymphoma/ Leukaemia/ Myeloma
17. Diagnosis of any solid cancer on or after 1st July 2020 or currently on any cancer therapy
18. Sickle Cell Disease/ Bone marrow failure/ Aplastic Anemia/ Thalassemia Major
19. Primary immunodeficiency disease/ HIV infection
20. Persons with disabilities due to intellectual disabilities/ Muscular Dystrophy/ Acid attack with the involvement of respiratory system/ Persons with disabilities having high support needs/ Multiple disabilities including deaf-blindness.

People in this category will have to produce the Certificate of Appendix 1 (b) issued by the registered medical practitioner. The certificate form can be downloaded and used from the CoWin application.