COVID19 Vaccine Update: Which Groups Gets Vaccine First? Full List Here
Mumbai: As the country awaits the launch of an effective coronavirus vaccine, the Narendra Modi government is preparing for the rollout of the COVID-19 vaccination program, which is expected to begin by the first quarter of 2021.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan has said that the Centre’s aim is to provide the COVID-19 vaccine to almost 30 crore Indians by August-September 2021.
A plan has been prepared by the expert group for this task.
Till now, the following four categories have been mainly identified:
1 crore healthcare professionals: the category includes doctors, nurses, ASHA workers, and MBBS students.
2 crore frontline workers: police personnel, armed forces personnel, and municipal corporations comprise the group.
26 crore people aged above 50: People aged above 50 will be a priority group because they are at a greater risk of contracting COVID-19.
1 crore special category people: People aged below 50 but with co-morbidities will be a part of this group.
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Currently, under the Universal Immunization Program (UIP), vaccine delivery is based on the Electronic Vaccine Intelligence Network (eVIN) system.
“States have been asked to recruit by priority population groups in mid-November. News agency PTI quoted a source as saying that every person on the vaccination list would be linked to their Aadhaar card so that they could be tracked. However, in case a person doesn’t have an Aadhaar card, he/she can use any government-issued photo identity card.
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Meanwhile, India’s COVID-19 caseload reached 84,62,080 with 50,356 infections reported a day, while the number of people suffering from the disease rose from 78 percent to 92.41 percent pushing the national recovery rate.
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