Prime Minister Narendra Modi address his government’s Covid-19 vaccination policy and announce that states will receive free doses for inoculation of all above 18 so revised guidelines for the same were release.
The announcement came after when states said that the Centre should take over vaccine procurement, and probing questions recently from the Supreme Court.
As per the Revised Guidelines :
- The Centre will buy 75% of doses from vaccine makers including 25% of the state quota, and give it for free to state governments and union territories.
- As the Prime Minister said in his Monday address that no state government will have to spend on vaccine procurement.
- The government has made it clear that the allocation of doses will depend on factors including the population of states and vaccine wastage.
- Vaccine doses provide free of cost by the Government of India will be allocate to States/UTs based on criteria such as population, disease burden and the progress of vaccination.
- Wastage of vaccine will affect the allocation negatively.
- Domestic vaccine manufacturers will be given the option to provide vaccines directly to private hospitals.
- Private hospitals will be allow to impose a maximum of Rs 150 as service charge.
- States/UTs will be notify in advance of how many doses will be supply to them.
- The government has said that the states should similarly allocate doses well in advance for districts and vaccination centers.
- They should also put in the public domain the information about the above availability at district and vaccination center level, and widely disseminate it among the local population, maximizing the visibility and convenience of citizens.
- According to guidelines the vaccination will be prioritize and will be administered to healthcare workers first follow by frontline workers, citizens more than 45 years of age, citizens whose second dose is due, and then to those above 18 years of age.
- All citizens, irrespective of their income status, are entitle to free vaccination and those who have the ability to pay can use private hospital’s vaccination centres.
Prime Minister Said :
So far crores of people have got the Covid vaccines free of cost and now people above the age of 18 will also be add to this category.
Till date India has administered about 23 crore doses. “The Government of India will provide free vaccines to all countrymen.
Seven companies are producing different types of vaccines and trials of three more vaccines are in advanced stages.
Trials for two vaccines for children and research on a nasal vaccine.
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