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Registration for Covid vaccine on CoWIN for those above 18 to begin from April 28

The price charged for vaccination by private hospitals would be monitored
Last Updated 22 April 2021, 16:36 IST

Registration for the third phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive, covering those above 18 years, will begin from April 28 on the CoWIN platform, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Thursday.

“Are you 18+? On April 28, register for vaccination against Covid-19 on www.cowin.gov.in,” the minister said adding that the third phase of the vaccination drive would begin from May 1.

The announcement came on a day India reported more than three lakh new cases of Covid-19, the highest number of cases in a single day with the death toll rising by 2,104 taking the total deaths to 1,84,657.

According to the Liberalised Pricing and Accelerated National Covid-19 Vaccination Strategy, the vaccination will continue to be free for eligible population groups comprising healthcare workers, frontline workers and people above 45 years of age in government vaccination centres, which receive doses from the Government of India.

Vaccine manufacturers would make an advance declaration of the price for 50% supply that would be available to state governments in the open market before May 1.

However, the Covid-19 vaccines will not be available in pharmacies or chemist shops in the open market and all beneficiaries will have to register through the CoWIN platform.

The policy allows for use of fully ready-to-use imported vaccine entirely other than the Government of India channel.

On the vaccination front, the cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 13.23 crore.

Cumulatively, 13,23,30,644 vaccine doses have been administered through 19,28,118 sessions, according to the provisional report till 7 am, the ministry said.

These include 92,19,544 healthcare workers (HCWs who have taken the first dose and 58,52,071 HCWs who have taken the second dose, 1,16,32,050 frontline workers (FLWs) who have received the first dose and 59,36,530 FLWs who have taken the second dose.

Besides, 4,78,67,118 and 57,60,331 beneficiaries more than 60 years old have been administered the first and second dose respectively; 4,44,28,884 and 16,34,116 beneficiaries aged 45 to 60 have taken the first and second dose respectively.

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(Published 22 April 2021, 13:10 IST)

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