Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has announced on Monday that the Indian government would provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge to all adults from later this month onwards.
“It has been decided that from June 21, all adults over the age of 18 will be vaccinated free,” he said.
The move comes in as an effort to curb the spreading of the virus that has killed hundreds of thousands in India.
Under the earlier policy, the federal government gave free vaccines to the elderly and frontline workers and left state governments and private hospitals to administer doses for a fee to people in the 18-45 age group.
In his address to the nation, Prime Minister also announced a centralized Covid-19 vaccine policy. “Twenty-five percent of the vaccination work with states will now be handled by the Centre, it will be implemented in the coming two weeks. Both State and Centre will work as per new guidelines in the coming two weeks,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister’s address to the nation comes on a day India reported 1,00,636 new Covid-19 cases and 2,427 deaths, the lowest in 61 days.
“It has been decided that from June 21, all adults over the age of 18 will be vaccinated free,” he said.
The move comes in as an effort to curb the spreading of the virus that has killed hundreds of thousands in India.
Under the earlier policy, the federal government gave free vaccines to the elderly and frontline workers and left state governments and private hospitals to administer doses for a fee to people in the 18-45 age group.
In his address to the nation, Prime Minister also announced a centralized Covid-19 vaccine policy. “Twenty-five percent of the vaccination work with states will now be handled by the Centre, it will be implemented in the coming two weeks. Both State and Centre will work as per new guidelines in the coming two weeks,” Modi said.
The Prime Minister’s address to the nation comes on a day India reported 1,00,636 new Covid-19 cases and 2,427 deaths, the lowest in 61 days.
