Kolkata (West Bengal) [India], January 2 (ANI): A dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination programme is being conducted at Primary Healthcare Centre under Bidhannagar Municipal Corporation in Kolkata on Saturday.
Harsh Vardhan urges people not to pay heed to rumours about COVID-19 vaccine ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 14:24 IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday appealed to people not to pay heed to rumours about COVID-19 vaccine.
After reviewing the dry run of administering the COVID-19 vaccine at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital in Delhi, Vardhan spoke to the media. I appeal to people not to pay heed to rumours. Ensuring safety and efficacy of vaccine is our priority. Different kinds of rumours were spread during polio immunisation but people took the vaccine and India is now polio-free, he said.
Updated Jan 02, 2021 | 12:32 IST The announcement comes amid a dry run for coronavirus vaccination is underway in all the States and Union Territories. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan | Photo Credit: PTI
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Not just in Delhi, it will be free across the country, says Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
Meanwhile, a dry run for coronavirus vaccination is underway in all the States and Union Territories
New Delhi: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that the Covid-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost across the country. The announcement comes amid a dry run for coronavirus vaccination is underway in all the States and Union Territories.
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COVID-19 vaccine to be provided free of cost across country
As India on Saturday began the dry run for COVID-19 vaccinations across states and union territories, Delhi Health Minister Satyendar Jain said the coronavirus vaccine will be provided free of cost in the national capital. On being asked about the same, Jain said, Yes, medicines and treatment are being provided for free in Delhi, anyway.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said one crore healthcare workers and two crore frontline workers would be given free vaccine in the first phase of the inoculation drive. In the first phase of vaccination, free vaccine will be provided across the nation to most prioritised beneficiaries that include one crore healthcare and 2 crore frontline workers, Vardhan said in a tweet.