New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan stated on Saturday that the COVID-19 vaccine will be provided at no cost across the country. The Health Minister made the statement while speaking to the media after reviewing the COVID-19 vaccine administration trial at the Maternity and Child Welfare Center (MCW) in Daryaganj.
Asked if the COVID-19 vaccine will be provided at no costAs in Delhi, Vardhan replied that “not only in Delhi, it will be free throughout the country.”
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The Health Minister tweeted: “ In the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination, the vaccine without vaccine will be provided nationwide to the highest priority beneficiaries including 1 crore healthcare and 2 crore frontline workers. Details of how priority recipients of Rs 27 million will be vaccinated until July are being finalized. ”
Vardhan also reviewed the proof of COVID-19 vaccine administration at Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital (GTB) in Delhi today. In Delhi, the campaign is taking place in three locations: the Daryaganj Primary Health Center, the government-run Guru Teg Bahadur Hospital and the Venkateshwara Private Hospital, he added.
Except for the vaccine application, all procedures are followed during the drill, Vardhan said. In particular, the coronavirus vaccine is scheduled to be implemented soon, as the one developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca has been recommended by an expert panel, tasked with investigating Covid-19 vaccine proposalsand submitted to the Comptroller General of Drugs of India for approval.
“The Comptroller General of Drugs of India will soon give its recommendation on applications,” Vardhan said. According to the main government sources, the vaccination process will begin on January 6.
the All states and Union Territories conduct a drill. starting on Saturday. The mock vaccination is being conducted in all states / UT currently in 116 districts at 259 sites.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), the objective of the COVID-19 vaccine trial The introduction consists of “assessing the operational feasibility of using the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in a field environment, to test the links between planning and implementation and identify challenges and guide the way forward before the actual implementation.
The central government plans to vaccinate nearly 30 million people in the first phase of the immunization campaign. The vaccine will be administered to 1 crore of healthcare workers, along with 2 crore of essential and frontline workers, and 27 crore of elderly, mostly over 50 years with comorbidities.
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