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In a major decision government of India has decided to open vaccination for everyone at the age of 18 from May 1. This comes as a major announcement as the government decided to liberalise and accelerated the strategy of COVID-19 vaccination with Phase 3 starting from May 1.
Government has been working hard from over a year to ensure that maximum numbers of Indians are able to get the vaccine in the shortest possible of time: PM
Several important decisions taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister
Pricing, Procurement, Eligibility and Administration of vaccines being made flexible in Phase 3 of the World’s Largest Vaccination drive
All stakeholders given flexibility to customise to local needs
Everyone above the age of 18 to be eligible to get vaccine against Covid-19
Vaccine manufacturers incentivized to further scale up their production, as well as attract new national and international players
Vaccine manufacturers empowered to release up to 50% of their supply to State Govts. and in the open market at a pre-declared price
States empowered to procure additional vaccine doses directly from the manufacturers, as well as open up vaccination to any category of people above the age of 18 for the same
GoI Vaccination drive to continue as before, providing free vaccination for essential and priority populations as defined earlier i.e HCWs, FLWs and population above 45 years.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Monday hoped the state will receive COVID-19 vaccines on time on a day the Centre announced that everyone above 18 years of age will be eligible to get vaccinated from May 1 even as he thanked Prime Minister Narendra Modi for considering his demand to expand the vaccination drive.
