Vaccine for 18+ Citizen: Citizens who want to get vaccinated at this stage can register on the CoWin App from Saturday. At present, vaccines are being given to people above 45 years of age in the country.
New Delhi. After the new decision of the government regarding Vaccination, a new phase of vaccine program is going to start from May 1. Under this, people above 18 years of age have to be vaccinated. According to the new information, citizens who want to get vaccinated at this stage can register on the CoWin App from Saturday. At present, vaccines are being given to people above 45 years of age in the country.
On Monday, a new phase of vaccine was announced by the Central Government. Under which, from May 1, people above 18 years of age were allowed to get vaccinated. The special thing is that amidst increasing cases of Corona virus, the demand for vaccine to be given to the youth was intensified. Apart from this, in the name address of the country, there was a mention of vaccine being given to the youth.
According to an India Today report, RS Sharma, CEO of the National Health Authority, said on Thursday that vaccine registration for people above 18 years of age will begin in 48 hours. He has informed that in addition to Kovaxin and Kovishield, there will also be an option of Russian Vaccine Sputnik 5 at some centers. He informed that more centers and private places are being set up to speed up the vaccine process. Sharma informed that private firms have been asked to publish a vaccine time table on the Kovin app.
Recent
government statistics of vaccination program in the country say that till 7 am on Thursday morning, a total of 13 crore 23 lakh 30 thousand 644 vaccine doses have been applied in the country. In the last 24 hours, 22 lakh 11 thousand 334 people have been vaccinated in the country. At the same time, 11 crore 31 lakh 47 thousand 596 citizens have got the first dose of the vaccine. However, the number of recipients of the second dose is 1 crore 91 lakh 83 thousand 48. In terms of statistics, Maharashtra is at the forefront of immunization. 1 crore 32 lakh 79 thousand 970 people have been given the first or second dose of the vaccine in the state.