New Delhi, January 02:
Free coronavirus vaccines will be given in the first phase to 3 crore people who have been on the frontline in the fight against coronavirus, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said today. The government will give priority to 1 crore healthcare workers and 2 crore frontline workers when India begins the rollout of the vaccine.
“In 1st phase of #COVID19Vaccination free #vaccine shall be provided across the nation to most prioritised beneficiaries that incl 1 crore healthcare & 2 crore frontline workers. Details of how further 27 cr priority beneficiaries are to be vaccinated until July are being finalised,” Dr Harsh Vardhan tweeted this afternoon.
His remarks come a day after India moved a step closer getting a vaccine for the highly infectious disease, which has affected over 1 crore people in the country; killed over 1.49 lakh. A government-appointed expert panel on Friday sent the Oxford vaccine manufactured by Pune’s Serum Institute of India – Covishield – to the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI).
