Maharashtra To Give Free COVID-19 Vaccine To People Aged Between 18-44 Yrs

TPI Staff April 28, 2021

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Mumbai: Maharashtra government has announced that it will provide free COVID-19 vaccine to people between 18-44 years of age in the state. The decision was taken in the state’s cabinet meeting.

“Today, the Cabinet under the leadership of CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray has decided to provide free Covid-19 vaccination to all the citizens of Maharashtra aged between 18-44 years,” chief minister Uddhav Thackeray’s office (CMO) tweeted.

https://twitter.com/CMOMaharashtra/status/1387339937024983051?s=20

A detailed vaccination program will be announced by the state’s health department and registration will be through CoWin, with the CMO stating that people should not visit vaccination centres.

According to the Union Health Ministry update at 8 am, Maharashtra has so far immunized 15,862,470 beneficiaries against COVID-19 disease. The ministry said that of these, the total consumption including total wastage is 15,356,151, while 506,319 doses are still available to the state so that eligible beneficiaries can be vaccinated.

On Tuesday, Maharashtra recorded the highest Covid-19 deaths at 895 while 66,358 new infections were reported. The state’s caseload has climbed to 4,410,085 including 66,179 deaths, 3,669,548 recoveries and nearly 673,000 active cases.

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