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Rs 480 crore: Cost of vaccinating 3 crore essential workers against Covid in India
Rs 480 crore: Cost of vaccinating 3 crore essential workers against Covid in India
The expenditure to be incurred as operational cost for Covid-19 vaccination of estimated three crore healthcare and frontline workers is about Rs 480 crore and vaccines cost is about Rs 1,392 crore, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
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UPDATED: March 9, 2021 01:00 IST
As of February 4, a total of 96.28 lakh healthcare workers and 78.51 lakh frontline workers have been identified for Covid-19 vaccination. (Photo: PTI)
The expenditure to be incurred as operational cost for Covid-19 vaccination of estimated three crore healthcare and frontline workers is about Rs 480 crore and vaccines cost is about Rs 1,392 crore, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey told the Rajya Sabha on Monday.
Issues in Co-WIN, hesitancy resulted in low coverage of COVID-19 vaccination drive initially: Govt
The rate of vaccination coverage has subsequently increased, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in a written reply.
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NEW DELHI: At the start of the COVID-19 vaccination drive, fewer beneficiaries than planned attended inoculation sessions due to transient technical issues in the Co-WIN portal, vaccine hesitancy etc, which have progressively been addressed, Rajya Sabha was informed on Monday.
The rate of vaccination coverage has subsequently increased, Minister of State for Health Ashwini Choubey said in a written reply.
Jaishankar calls for an end to ‘vaccine nationalism’
India announced a gift of 2,00,000 doses of vaccine to the U.N. Peacekeeping Forces on Wednesday.
The announcement was made by External Affairs Minister S. Jaishankar during his remarks at a U.N. Security Council open debate on the implementation of resolution 2532 (2020), passed last year, noting the impact of COVID-19 globally and calling for the cessation of hostilities around the world to help combat the pandemic. The debate was attended by the Foreign Ministers of UNSC member countries.
“Keeping in mind the U.N. Peacekeepers who operate in such difficult circumstances, we would like to announce today a gift of 2,00,000 doses for them,” Mr. Jaishankar said. The Minister said India had already sent vaccines to 25 countries under its Vaccine Maitri programme and that 49 more countries would be supplied in the coming days.