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"Today itself, we've placed orders for 1 cr doses.” The Assam government will vaccinate everyone in the 18-45 age group for free from May 1 onwards, Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said. Donations received last year for COVID management will be utilised for the purpose, he said. The state Health Department has already written to Covaxin maker Bharat Biotech for procuring 1 crore vaccines. "Assam will give FREE vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years. GOI is giving free vaccines for 45+," Mr. Sarma tweeted late on Tuesday. Funds collected in Asom Arogya Nidhi account last year shall ...

Government to provide Rs 4,500 crore booster to vaccine manufacturers for ramping up capacity Sources said the finance ministry has relaxed rules to allow advance payment without bank guarantee to help the vaccine makers ramp up production. Share Via Email   |  A+A A- By PTI NEW DELHI: Looking to ramp up supplies ahead of the opening of Covid-19 vaccination to all citizens over 18 years of age, the government has approved a payment of about Rs 4,500 crore as advance to vaccine makers like Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech against future supplies, sources said. SII will...

New Delhi: Considered as a far-reaching decision to protect citizens from COVID-19 pandemic, Government of India said citizens above 18 years of age are now eligible to take vaccination from May 1. With this, the Government has opened the major segment of the population for vaccination as Corona positive cases have crossed 2.5 lakh daily with over 1,000 casualties.  The medical experts had requested Prime Minister Narendra Modi to open up jab for the young population considering protecting their health from the deadly pandemic.  Accordingly, Union Government has relaxed rules for taking va...

Representative image ANI | Updated: Apr 19, 2021 23:39 IST New Delhi [India], April 19 (ANI): In a significant decision to check the surge in COVID-19 cases in the country, the government on Monday announced that everyone above the age of 18 from will be eligible to take vaccine from May 1 and decided to make pricing, procurement, eligibility and administration of vaccines open and flexible. The decision was widely welcomed. The decision on a liberalised and accelerated Phase 3 strategy of COVID-19vaccination was taken at a meeting chaired by Prime Minist...

India Liberalises Covid-19 Vaccination: All Aged Above 18 To Be Eligible For Inoculation From 1 May Covid-19 vaccine. (Representative image) Everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible to get the Covid-19 vaccination from 1 May. A decision to this tune was taken during a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (19 April). India’s National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy has been built on a systematic and strategic end-to-end approach, proactively building capacity across R&D, Manufacturing and Administration since April 2020. India has been following a dynamic mapping model...