India will launch the world’s biggest Covid vaccination drive on Monday, aiming to inoculate 27 crore people of age 45 and above in an effort to break the virus’s chain of transmission and end the pandemic in the country.
The registration for the vaccination in the Co-WIN 2.0 software will open at 9 am, and the slots for booking at more than 8,600 central government empanelled government and private hospitals will remain open till 3 pm.
The recipients, however, will not have a choice in selecting the vaccine as they will have to settle for the jabs offered by the hospitals.
"States can use 10,000 hospitals under AB-PMJAY and 687 hospitals under CGHS as Covid-19 vaccination centres (CVCs), who may recover a charge subject to a ceiling of ₹250 per person per dose," the Union health ministry said in a statement.
Private hospitals can charge up to Rs 250 per dose of Covid-19 vaccine, the Union Health Ministry said on Saturday as India prepares to vaccinate people aged above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities from March 1.
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