India to administer booster dose to all above 18 from April 10
India today announced its decision to expand the coverage of Covid-19 "precautionary dose", also known as a booster dose, to all adults from April 10 at private vaccination centres.
All those who are more than 18 years of age and have completed nine months after the administration of the second dose of Covid-19 vaccine, will be eligible for the precautionary dose from April 10, the"Indian Health Ministry said in a statement, reports our New Delhi correspondent.
It also said this facility would be available in all private vaccination centres across India.
So far, the booster dose was restricted to health care and frontline workers and those above the age of 60.
Till date, about 96 percent of all above 15 years of age in the country have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose while about 83 percent of 15+ population has received both the doses, according to the health ministry statistics.
India began its Covid-19 vaccination campaign on January 16, 2021 with health care and frontline workers and gradually expanded to cover different age groups.
According to its health ministry, India's Covid-19 vaccination coverage has exceeded 185.38 crore.
Covid-19 vaccination for the age group 12-14 years started on March 16 and so far, more than 2.11 crore (2,11,28,977) adolescents have been administered with the first dose of the vaccine.
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