K’taka Govt Allots ₹400 Cr For Procuring 10M COVID-19 Vaccine Doses
Mumbai: Karnataka CM BS Yediyurappa announced that the state government has allotted ₹400 crores to procure 10 million COVID-19 vaccine doses. The chief minister also urged people above 18 years of age in the state to register for the inoculation, which is set to begin from May 1.
“Karnataka will procure 1 Crore doses of COVID-19 vaccine as we begin to inoculate citizens between 18 to 44 years from May 1. ₹400 Crores has been earmarked for this in the 1st phase. I urge all those above 18 to register themselves for the vaccine starting from April 28,” the Chief Minister said in a tweet.
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CM Yediyurappa’s announcement came as India’s COVID19 vaccination drive is set to enter its next phase beginning May 1 in which all the people above the age of 18 would be eligible to receive the shot, the Union ministry of health and family welfare announced on April 19. The announcement followed a high-level meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi on the same day.
As per the central government, manufacturers of COVID19 vaccines will be free to supply 50 per cent doses to state governments and in the open market, for which they will have to make an advance declaration of the price before May 1.
However, India commenced its second phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive to inoculate people above 60 years and those over 45 with comorbidities against the coronavirus from March 1.
The third phase began on April 1 for all above 45 years of age.
In the next phase beginning from May 1, all above the age of 18 would be eligible to receive the shot.
Meanwhile, Karnataka has registered another biggest single-day spike of 25,795 new cases of COVID-19, and 123 related fatalities on Thursday, taking the total number of infections to 12,47,997 and the death toll to 13,885, the Health department said.
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