All pvt hospitals can be vaccination centres
March 02, 2021 21:37
The government on Tuesday directed states and union territories to utilise all private hospitals as Covid-19 vaccination centres. Even those private hospitals which are not under any central schemes such as the AB-PMJAY, CGHS, and state insurance schemes can also be utilised as vaccination sites, it said.
R S Sharma, the Chairman of the Empowered Group on COVID-19 Vaccine Administration in a briefing on Tuesday said state governments are coordinating with hospitals and supplying vaccines to them and we are encouraging them to involve more and more private hospitals.
About 50 lakh people have registered themselves on the Co-WIN portal, without any system glitch, since the window opened Monday morning, the Centre said Tuesday, adding that over 2.08 lakh beneficiaries above 60 or those aged 45-60 with comorbidities have received the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine till this afternoon.
The vaccination drive for those over 60 years of age and within the age bracket of 45-60 years with specified comorbidities began on March 1, and the registration opened at 9 am Monday on the Co-WIN portal cowin.gov.in. In the first two phases so far, 1,48,55,073 COVID-19 vaccine doses have been administered in the country till 1 pm on Tuesday, out of which 67,04,856 healthcare workers have been given the first dose of the vaccine and 25,98,192 healthcare workers have been administered the second dose, government officials told a press conference here.
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