CM launches free vaccination drive for Booster Dose to 4 crore eligible in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Chief Minister Bhupendra Patel launched the vaccination drive of precaution doses to 18 to 59 years age group at free cost in the state from today at sector 24, Urban Health Center in Gandhinagar in the presence of state health minister Rushikesh Patel.

The people of the 18 to 59 years age group can avail of the facility of precaution doses at government vaccination centres across the state till 30th September 2022. The state government has started a 75-day vaccination drive under Aazadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav. Those who have completed 6 months after the second dose of vaccine are also eligible for the precaution doses.

Around 4 crore beneficiaries are eligible for taking precautionary doses of covid-19 vaccines in the state. The state health department has deployed over 15 thousand health workers at around 3500 vaccination centres in the state. The central government will provide around 3.50 crore doses of Covishield and 50 lakh doses of covaxin to the state government for the drive. DeshGujarat