The government also brought private hospitals, which are empanelled under various central and state government health schemes, into the vaccination programme. Those eligible would pay up to
Rs 250 per dose to get vaccinated at these private hospitals or get vaccinated at a government facility free of charge.
Until March 1, Covid-19 vaccinations were only open to healthcare and other frontline workers. Photo credit: Amit Dave/ Reuters
Along with this scaling up of Covid-19 vaccination infrastructure come concerns about how well
adverse events following immunisation are being tracked, reported, recorded and investigated by the government, experts told
IndiaSpend. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare’s daily updates on the vaccination effort, however, have provided no information on adverse events following immunisations since February 26.