New Delhi: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost for all across the country.
Asked if COVID-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost, like in Delhi, Vardhan replied that “not just in Delhi, it will be free across the country.”
Vardhan also reviewed the dry run of administering the COVID-19 vaccine at Guru Teg Bahadur (GTB) hospital in Delhi today.
कोरोना वैक्सीन दिल्ली में ही नहीं बल्कि पूरे देश में फ्री होगा: केंद्रीय स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ.हर्षवर्धन
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He said that, “feedbacks received after the dry run in 4 states were included in guidelines for vaccination & today’s dry run in all states/UTs is being conducted as per new guidelines. Except for giving actual vaccine, every procedure is being followed during the drill.”
Harsh Vardhan visits Delhi’s GTB hospital to review dry run drill of COVID-19 vaccine
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Meanwhile, India reported 19,078 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, taking the total number of positive cases in the country to 1,03,05,788, the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW) informed on Saturday.
With this, the total number of active cases now stands at 2,50,183. As many as 224 lives were claimed by the coronavirus in the last 24 hours, taking the death toll to 1,49,218.
So far 99,06,387 recoveries have been reported in the country.
