2.0 COVID Vaccination Program will be started in Rajasthan from today. In the new phase, COVID vaccination can be done in private hospitals along with government hospitals.
Medical and Health Minister Dr. Raghu Sharma said that the Union Health Ministry has fixed the rate of Rs 250 per dose of COVID-19 vaccination for private hospitals, which is given to the hospital concerned by the person who gets COVID-19 vaccination in private hospitals.
This includes the Rs 150 vaccine price and the Rs 100 private hospital service fee. COVID vaccine will be made available to private hospitals by the government and all other vaccination-related arrangements will be made by private hospitals. Medical Secretary Siddharth Mahajan told that vaccination will be done in about 1000 institutions and 88 private hospitals in all districts.
The Medical Secretary said that in addition to the second dose, the first dose will also be placed at the COVID Vaccination Center. The target of vaccination of one to one and a half lakh beneficiaries has been set on March 1. The medical secretary said that vaccines can be administered to those people suffering from complex diseases between the ages of 45 and 59 who will be among the 20 diseases listed by the Union Ministry of Health.