Shimla hospitals resume Covid-19 precautionary dose drive

The Sukhvinder Singh Sukhu government of Himachal Pradesh will resume the precautionary dose for Covid-19 starting on January 19. The government has directed all hospitals in the capital Shimla to start administering the precautionary doses against the coronavirus. The central government sent 60,000 doses of Covishield vaccines to Himachal Pradesh after the state demanded one lakh doses, of which nearly 5,000 doses have been given to the Shimla district. The precautionary dose was last administered on December 28, 2022 in the state where a total of 30 lakhs are yet to get the precautionary dose.