Union Cabinet approves free Booster shot of Covid vaccines
July 13, 2022
New Delhi: The Union Cabinet on July 13th decided to provide free booster dose to all the adults for 75 days starting from 15th July, The I&B minster Anurag Thakur informed.
“As part of AzadiKaAmritMahotsav celebrations, free COVID-19 Precaution Dose will be administered to all the citizens above 18 years of age at Government vaccination centres, from 15th July 2022 till the next 75 days,” Thakur said. The precaution dose will continue to be chargeable at the private healthcare units, he added.
The booster shot was already available free of cost to beneficiaries aged 60 years and above, healthcare workers, and frontline workers.
India also reduced the gap between the second dose and the precaution dose from 9 months to six months on July 6th. DeshGujarat
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