Nearly 12 Crore doses of COVID vaccine will be available in June this year: Govt
May 30, 2021 |
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7:19PM |
Nearly 12 Crore doses of COVID vaccine will be available in June this year: Govt
Union Health Ministry said, more than six crore nine lakh doses of COVID vaccines will be supplied to the States and UTs for vaccination of priority group of Health Care Workers, Front-Line Workers and person aged 45 years and above as free supply from Government of India.
In addition, more than five crore 86 lakh doses will be available for direct procurement by the state and UTs and Private Hospitals.
Vaccination is an important part of the comprehensive strategy of the central Government for containment and management of the pandemic, along with Test, Track, Treat and COVID Appropriate Behaviour.
As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, Government has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them COVID Vaccines free of cost.
The Ministry said, visibility for availability of vaccines for the entire month of June has been provided well in advance to States and UTs by Union Government.
A total of over seven crore 94 lakh doses were made available for this month for national COVID vaccination programme.