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Bihar government will run a free vaccination drive against coronavirus for people above 18 years of age, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar informed on Wednesday. After Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh, Assam, now Bihar has also announced to facilitate free Covid vaccination for all above 18 years of age.
Assam, Uttar Pradesh, Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh governments have already announced to provide free vaccines to all from the age of 18 years.
The Assam government decided to give free vaccines to all from 18 to 45 years. Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said that the Centre is giving free vaccines to people above 45 years. He said that funds collected under Assam Arogya Nidhi last year would be utilized to procure vaccines. He said that the Health department had placed an order yesterday to buy 1 crore doses.
| 20 April 2021 5:21 PM GMT
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has decided to provide free vaccines to people in the age group of 18-45 years.
It is to be mentioned here that the state government shall procure the vaccines from the funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi in the year 2020.
Meanwhile, the Assam government has placed the order of vaccine for 1 Cr Doses with Bharat Biotech.
Taking to his Twitter handle, Assam State Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma wrote, Assam will give FREE vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years. GOI is giving free vaccines for 45 +. Funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi last year shall be utilized for the procurement of vaccines. Today itself, we ve placed orders for 1 cr doses with @BharatBiotech.
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Centre gave Rs 262 crore to Assam for fight against COVID-19, public donated Rs 116.89 crore
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Presenting the Vote on Account Budget for 2021-22 , Sarma said the government allocated an additional Rs 760 crore for prevention and management of the pandemic to the general budget grant of Rs 6,126 crore to the Health Department in the ongoing fiscal.
GUWAHATI: The Assam government has received financial assistance of over Rs 262 crore from the Centre for management of COVID-19 pandemic and rolling out the vaccination drive, state Finance Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said on Friday. Presenting the Vote on Account Budget for 2021-22 , Sarma said the government allocated an additional Rs 760 crore for prevention and management of the pandemic to the general budget grant of Rs 6,126 crore to the Health Department in the ongoing fiscal.