Covid vaccination opened for all above 45 age from April 1: Govt of India

New Delhi: From April 1, anybody who is over 45 years of age will be eligible for COVID19 vaccination even though he/she has no co-morbidities, said union minister Prakash Javdekar in a briefing. He added that all eligible persons should register and get vaccinated after taking appointment. The decision has been taken in the meeting of union cabinet after discussion in light of advise of task force. Those above 45 will not require to produce any medical certificate of comorbidity for vaccination.

He said, 4.85 crore people have been administered Covid19 vaccine doses. 80 lakh of them have received both doses. In last 24 hours, 32.5 lakh doses have been administered. In the month of February, daily average of 3.77 lakh vaccination which rose to 15.54 lakh in March. In last week daily 20 lakh vaccination doses were administered that rose to 32 lakh yesterday.

Vaccination started with health workers and frontline workers. Since 16 February, vaccination has been covering those above 60 and those in 45-60 range with listed comorbidities.

Javdekar said, the cabinet meeting also decided that Covishield vaccine’s second dose should be administered during 4 to 8 week period after the first dose.

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