Administering of precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines began in Delhi on Sunday amid a steady rise in daily case count in the last few days here, even as the pace was sluggish with a few private vaccination centres starting the exercise.
Centre has told the states that the precaution dose will be of the same COVID-19 vaccine as the one used for the administration of the first two doses. Private vaccine centres can charge Rs 150 per dose as service charge above the cost of vaccine.
With the administration of more than 24.05 lakh (24,05,049) vaccine doses in the last 24 hours, India's COVID-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 177.44 crore (1,77,44,08,129) as per provisional reports till 7 am today.
Ninety per cent of adolescents in the age group of 15 to 18 years in the national capital have been administered the first dose of vaccine against COVID-19 since the launch of the drive on January 3, according to official data.