The Madhya Pradesh government on Wednesday announced that all adults will be provided with the Covid-19 vaccine free of cost during the third phase of the vaccination drive.
Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan made the announcement in Bhopal, earlier today.
India’s third phase of the Covid-19 inoculation drive will commence from May 1, the Centre had announced on Monday.
Under the third phase, everyone above 18 years will be able to avail the Covid-19 vaccine. Currently, only those above 45 years can avail the vaccine.
Apart from opening up the vaccination drive to a majority of the population, the Centre also incentivised vaccine manufacturers to further scale up production, as part oof its new vaccine policy.
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Vaccine manufacturers have also been permitted to release up to 50 per cent of their supply to state governments and in open market at pre-declared price.
Asserting the need for people to stay indoors, Chouhan said if Covid-19 is to be curbed, then the chain of infection must be broken and for this, people need to avoid unnecessary travel.
He further urged people to impose a janata curfew (public curfew) in their localities till April 30 to break the transmission chain.
(With PTI inputs)
