India's COVID-19 Vaccination Drive

[SVK]

@a.c there was gap of 2 or 3 months to get vaccine after recovering from Covid as per govt recommendation.

 

[Sushubh]

Covishield precaution dose to be priced at Rs 600 per shot: Serum Institute CEO Adar Poonawalla

Vaccine maker Serum Institute of India (SII) on Friday said the precaution dose of its Covishield vaccine against COVID-19 will be priced at Rs 600 per shot for eligible individuals.

www.tribuneindia.com

I like how the government is not setting prices anymore.

 

[SVK]

I am more interested to know whether Booster shot be effective against Omicron or new variants.

 

[pillaicha]

Covishield, Covaxin Prices Cut To Rs 225 Day Before Booster Drive Begins

Serum Institute of India CEO Adar Poonawalla and Bharat Biotech cofounder Suchitra Ella today said that the decision was taken after discussions with the Centre.

www.ndtv.com

 

[Sushubh]

Source

 

[Navjot Singh]

In effect, precautionary doses will be available at ₹375 per dose and at private hospitals only. Hospitals said they need clarity on price as the stocks that they have were purchased at higher government approved rates.

Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute slash vaccine prices to â¹225 per dose

Move comes a day ahead of Centreâs booster vaccination drive for all those above 18 years of age

www.thehindubusinessline.com

 

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[Sushubh]

Cowin is showing slots for me. I am eligible from April 30.

COVISHIELD: ₹386.25 (PAID)

 

[Sushubh]

Booster must be same as first two jabs, extra fee of ₹150 allowed

Private vaccination centres will be allowed to charge a maximum of ₹150 per dose as service charge in addition to the cost of the vaccines, the ministry said. The price of Covishield and Covaxin has been reduced to ₹225 at private facilities.

www.hindustantimes.com

 

[Jonas]

Just checked and it shows I have 25 days left for the precautionary dose. I absolutely forgot about it.

 

[mikrotik]

Mine is for 4th june. They have not yet allowed merging of dose 1 & 2 with another dose 1?

 

[Navjot Singh]

SII's Adar Poonawalla says appealed to govt to reduce booster gap to 6 months

'The (vaccine inoculation) uptick right now is a bit slow...because we have got this rule that you have to wait for 9 months between dose 2 and 3,' Poonawalla further said

www.livemint.com

 

[Sushubh]

Over 8.5 Lakh Doses of Zydus’s Covid Vaccine Await Drug Regulator Nod for Market Rollout

After the initial and only rollout of 2.37 lakh doses of ZyCoV-D till date, the latest batch is awaiting no-objection certificate from the DCGI

www.news18.com

 

[Jonas]

Covid-19: Delhi govt to provide free precautionary jabs at hospitals

"Precaution doses of the same vaccine will be given to the people who have received the first and second doses of the vaccine and who have completed nine months since taking their second dose," the government said in a statement.

www.hindustantimes.com

More than free doses, we need more vaccination centers.

 

[Sushubh]

so delhi would allow 18-60 to get free third dose at government hospitals? that's nice.

 

[Jonas]

It is nice, yeah. I hope there's no end moment chaos and mara mari at the centers. Even more when schools cannot be used as vaccination centers.