Covid-19 Vaccine free of cost to Health & frontline workers
Today Union health minister Dr. Harsh Vardh
an stated that the Covid-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost across the country while talking to the media after reviewing the dry run of administering the Covid19 vaccine in Dariyagunj, New Delhi.
The health minister said that in the first phase, 30 million people would be vaccinated free of cost, including 10 million health workers and 20 million frontline workers. The decision on the other 27 crore beneficiaries who will be vaccinated against corona by July will be taken later.
Union Minister Harshvardhan arrived at Guru Tegbahadur Hospital in Delhi to review the Corona dry run in Delhi. Preparations for the corona vaccine in this dry run are being reviewed and mock drills are taking place. The campaign has been launched today in a total of 116 districts in all the states of the country In which 259 vaccination booths have been set up. The corona vaccine is not being used in this dryer but is only being tested to see if it can work as planned.
