‘Precaution dose to be of identical Covid vaccine, personal centres can levy as much as Rs 150 as service cost’: Centre 

By PTI

NEW DELHI: The Centre on Saturday instructed the states that the precaution dose will likely be of the identical COVID-19 vaccine because the one used for the administration of the primary two doses and that non-public vaccination centres can cost as much as a most of Rs 150 per dose as service cost over and above the price of the vaccine.

The Centre introduced on Saturday that the precaution dose of Covid vaccines will likely be accessible to everybody aged above 18 years on the personal vaccination centres from April 10.

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All these above the age of 18, who’ve accomplished 9 months after the administration of the second dose, will likely be eligible for the precaution dose.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan, who held an orientation assembly of the well being secretaries of all of the states and Union territories on Saturday, additionally knowledgeable that no recent registration could be required for the precaution dose as all due beneficiaries are already registered on the CoWIN platform.

It was emphasised that each one vaccinations should mandatorily be recorded on CoWIN and each the choices of “online appointment” and “walk-in” registration and vaccination will likely be accessible on the personal Covid vaccination centres (CVCs).

The personal CVCs will keep the vaccination websites in accordance with the rules issued earlier by the Union well being ministry.

“They can charge up to a maximum of Rs 150 per dose as service charge for vaccination over and above the cost of the vaccine,” Bhushan mentioned.

“Administration of precaution dose will be homologous — same vaccine type will be used for precaution dose which was used for vaccination of first and second dose,” he acknowledged.

Healthcare employees (HCWs), frontline employees (FLWs) and residents aged 60 years and above shall proceed to obtain the precaution dose on the vaccination centres, together with free vaccination on the authorities vaccination centres, Bhushan underlined.

An in depth orientation of the state officers was executed on numerous new provisions made on CoWIN for the growth of the eligible inhabitants for the precaution dose and in addition for the correction of the vaccination certificates by residents.

The states had been additionally suggested to speed up the administration of the continuing free Covid vaccination with the primary dose and the second dose to the inhabitants above 12 years of age and for optimum administration of the precaution dose for the HCWs, the FLWs and people aged 60 and above on the authorities CVCs.

Additional Secretary (Health) Dr Manohar Agnani and different senior officers of the Union well being ministry had been current on the digital assembly, together with the well being secretaries, NHM mission administrators and different officers from the states and Union territories.