Senior citizens to get Corona vaccine from March 1 onwards
The next phase of the vaccination campaign is starting from March 1, with the corona virus once again rising in some parts of in the country. In this phase, people over 60 years of age will be given the Corona vaccine. In addition, people who are over 45 years of age and have comorbidities will also be able to get the Corona vaccine. Government and private vaccination centers will be set up for this. People will have to spend money at private centers, while this vaccine can be provided free of cost at government centers.
From March 1, people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years of age with comorbidities will be vaccinated at 10,000 govt & over 20,000 private vaccination centres. The vaccine will be given free of cost at govt centres: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar#COVID19 pic.twitter.com/Rxhkkk8eSC
— ANI (@ANI) February 24, 2021
Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the vaccination to be held from March 1 will be done at 10,000 government and 20,000 private centers. Vaccines will be provided free of cost at government centers, while private ones will have to paid by the public. Javadekar said in the press conference, “Those who want to get Corona vaccinated in private hospital will have to spend money. After talking to hospitals and manufacturers, the Health Ministry will take a decision on the amount to be levied on the private center in the next two-three days. ”Meanwhile, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that he hoped that most of his colleagues will pay for their vaccines.”
Corona vaccination started in India from 16 January. Since then, more than 12 million people have been vaccinated. The first started with the healthcare workers, after which the frontline workers started getting vaccinated from February 2. The government had set a deadline of 20 February to introduce the first dose of corona virus vaccine to all healthcare workers. Officials said eight states have given the first dose of vaccine to 75 percent of healthcare workers.
The country has witnessed a spurt in new cases of corona virus in the last few days. Because of this, the speed of vaccination has also been discussed. According to media reports the central government is planning to bring the vaccination rate to 5 lakh per day in the next four to six weeks. The government can increase the number of daily vaccinations to 200 places in the country to double.
At the same time, a total of 13,742 cases of corona infection have been reported in the last 24 hours, while 14,037 people recovered after treatment during this period. In the past week, an average of more than 100 new cases occurred in 12 states daily. These include Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Punjab, Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Chhattisgarh, West Bengal, Telangana, Delhi and Haryana. According to the Health Ministry, an average of 4,000 cases a day have been reported in Kerala and Maharashtra in the past week.
