Free Covid precaution doses for 18-59 age group for 75 days at govt centres

Special drive to be held at govt centres; will reduce vaccine wastage

Over the next 75 days, any adult citizen in the country can walk into a government vaccination centre and get a free precaution (booster) dose of the Covid-19 vaccine. The Centre announced on Wednesday that as part of the celebrations marking 75 years of India’s Independence, the third dose of the Covid-19 vaccine would be administered free to all above 18 years of age.

Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya tweeted: “As part of #AzadiKaAmritMahotsav celebrations, free...precaution dose will be administered to all the citizens above 18 years of age at government vaccination centres, from 15th July 2022, for the next