Dr Vinod Paul, Niti Aayog member and the national Covid task force head, has said the government will cover the vaccination cost of 30 crore people from the priority group in phase 1 of the vaccination drive.
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As it came closer to the roll-out of the first Covid-19 vaccine, India held a dry run by all states and Union Territories on Saturday in preparation for a massive vaccination drive, with health minister Harsh Vardhan appealing to people not to be misguided by rumours and disinformation regarding the safety and efficacy of coronavirus vaccine.
Vardhan said that free vaccine would be provided in the first phase to the most prioritised beneficiaries, including one crore healthcare and two crore frontline workers. He said the details of how 27 crore priority beneficiaries those above 50 years of age and those below it having comorbidities would be vaccinated until July were being finalised.
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Updated Dec 31, 2020 | 20:03 IST
News headlines for Dec 31: The Union Health Ministry on Thursday announced that dry runs of the COVID-19 vaccine will start from January 2. Covid-19 vaccine (Representative Image). | Photo Credit: iStock Images
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New Delhi: On Thursday, the
Union Health Ministry announced that a dry run of the Covid-19 vaccination will take place in all the States and the Union Territories on January 2. On the other hand, PM Modi laid the foundation stone for the All India Institute of Medical Sciences which will come up in Gujarat’s Rajkot.
India s big step towards Covid-19 vaccination; dry run to be conducted in all States/UTs on January 2