India celebrates 75 years of independence, free vaccinations for 75 days

As of now, onlyfront line personnel medical personnelandelderly 60 years and over only entitled tofree booster vaccine Others have to pay for themselves. Indiaso there is75 day free booster vaccination program to all adults The Indian Health and Family Welfare Minister said the 75-day period was to mark the 75th anniversary of India’s independence on August 15.

The move comes days following India reduced the intervals of second and third vaccinations from nine months to six months. Such activities are expected to increase booster vaccination in India.

The Hindustan Times reported that 92 per cent of Indians who are eligible for the booster vaccine have not been given injections so far, with 50 million doses, or regarding 5% of the eligible population. By starting to inject the stimulus from January. to the staffpublic health andfront line personnel including those aged 60 years and over with congenital disease Then it extends to all adults. Vaccination for 15-18 year olds begins in January. As well, ages 12-14 begin in March.

If since the start of vaccination in January 2021 India has injected more than 1.99 billion doses, the number of people infected with COVID-19 As of now, regarding 43.5 million people, second only tounited statesof only 525,000 deaths, second only to the United States andBrazil

nowNumber of infected peopleIn India, there are approximately 16,000 daily in Maharashtra, Kerala, Tamil Nadu and West Bengal. The number of infected people has skyrocketed. the past few weeks The federal government is asking each state to increase surveillance.virus as well as to randomly check foreign tourists

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