Covid vaccine booster dose for adults: Price, eligibility to how to book a slot, know it all here
The Indian government has started the Covid vaccine booster dose for adults. COVID-19 vaccine booster dose will be available for all adults in the country from Sunday, April 10 at private vaccination centers. The Union Health Ministry on Friday announced the vaccination drive even as fear grows over the rise of the new highly transmissible XE variant. These booster shots will be available at private vaccination centers. Here's everything you need to know about the Covid vaccine booster does price, eligibility criteria and how to book your slot.
The World Health Organization (WHO), has described booster doses as a vaccine shots administered to an already vaccinated person. The purpose of a booster shot is to restore vaccine effectiveness provided by erlier shots, but which may not be sufficient any longer.
To be eligible for the third dose of the COVID vaccine or get a booster dose, one needs to be above 18 years of age. Also make sure that you have been administered both doses. at least nine months ago.
Apart from frontline workers, healthcare workers and the elderly, COVID-19 booster doses will be paid vaccine service unlike the previous ones. It has been made available at private vaccination centers. The price of Covid-19 vaccine varies as per the vaccine type.
The Bharat Biotech's Covaxin and Serum Institute of India's Covishield is Rs. 225 and the private vaccination centers can charge a maximum of Rs. 150 as service charge over and above the cost of the vaccine dose. This means you will have to pay Rs. 375.
For the booster dose, one must be jabbed with the same COVID vaccine as that of the first and second dose. For instance, if you took Covishield at the time of your first and second dose, then the booster dose must
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