Centre has decided to roll out Covid 19 booster dose for the 18-plus population at private vaccination Centres from Sunday.
All those who are more than 18 years of age and have completed nine months or 39 weeks after receiving the second dose of the vaccine would be eligible for a precautionary third dose.
The precautionary dose will be available at private vaccination centers. Therefore, the person who receives the dose will have to pay for it. People can walk in at any private center for a jab.
Healthcare workers, frontline workers, and people above 60 years of age are eligible to get the third dose, free of cost, at government vaccination centers.
Those people who have taken two doses of Covishield will have to take Covishield as the third dose. Similarly, those who received two doses of Covaxin will have to take Covaxin as the precautionary dose.
Official data reveal that 45.15 lakh health care workers, 69.77 lakh frontline workers, and 1.25 crore people above the age of 60 years have received the precautionary dose.
