Coronavirus booster shots For All Adults From Sunday

Coronavirus booster shots will be available to all adults from Sunday at private vaccination centres

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Those above 18 years of age will have to pay for their Covid booster shot unless they are above 60, healthcare workers or frontline staff.

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Ongoing free vaccination programme through government vaccination centres for first and second dose would continue as earlier

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About 96 per cent of the 15 and above population in the country have received at least one COVID-19 vaccine dose while about 83 per cent of has received both doses

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The decision to open up the booster to all adults comes as infections grow in many countries and some Indians find it hard to travel abroad without a third dose.

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Countries such as Israel, for example, do not consider vaccination complete in the absence of booster doses.

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Despite concerns over new mutations of the coronavirus, including the XE variant, Infections in India have fallen to their lowest

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India's total infections now stand at more than 4.3 crore, with 5.21 lakh deaths

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