Private vaccine centres can charge up to Rs 150

A day before rolling out the next phase of Covid-19 vaccination, the Union government on Saturday told private vaccination centres to charge up to a maximum of Rs 150 over and above the cost of the Covid-19 vaccine as a service charge. Also, the choice of vaccine for the third dose will be homologous. The same vaccine used in the first and second dose will be provided as the precaution dose, the government added. India will enter the next phase of the Covid-19 vaccination programme on Sunday. People aged between 18-59 years can avail their third dose. However, only those who have completed a period of a minimum of nine months from the date of the second dose are eligible for the “precaution” jab. Meanwhile, the Union government also said that no fresh registrations would be required for precaution dose as all due beneficiaries are already registered on CoWIN. The decision was taken at a meeting held on Saturday between the Union Health Ministry and the health secretaries of all states and Union Territories. “The Private (centres) will maintain the vaccination sites as per the guidelines issued earlier… They can charge up to a maximum of Rs 150 as service charge for vaccination over and above the cost of the vaccine.”

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