The Union Health Ministry on Friday announced that the precautionary or third dose of COVID-19 vaccine would be made available to the 18+ population at private vaccination centres. It would be the same as the previous doses.
The administration of this dose would begin on April 10. All those who have completed nine months after the administration of the second dose would be eligible, it stated.
Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya termed the extension of the vaccination drive an “extra layer of safety”.
