India to start precaution dose of Covid-19 to frontline warriors, comorbid today

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Published By : Prameya News Bureau | January 10, 2022 IST

New Delhi, Jan 10: India on today will start administering the precaution dose of Covid-19 vaccine to healthcare, frontline workers and comorbid people aged 60 and above in a bid to contain the spread of Covid-19. Moreover, Union Health Mansukh Mandaviya will interact with health ministers of of Rajasthan, Madhya Pradesh, Goa, Gujarat and Maharashtra, and the Union Territory of Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu to review the Covid-19 situation today amid a spike in infections. Personnel deployed for election duty in poll-bound Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, Punjab, Manipur and Goa have also been designated as frontline workers. An estimated 1.05 crore healthcare and 1.9 crore frontline workers, and 2.75 crore comorbid people in the 60 plus age group would be administered the precaution dose according to schedule. According to guidelines issued by the Union Health Ministry, the gap between the date of administering the second dose of vaccine and the precaution dose would be nine months. Online appointments for precaution dose began on the CoWin portal on Saturday evening. However, there is also the option of an onsite appointment and it will start on January 10.

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