{"id":7044,"date":"2021-01-02T13:24:16","date_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:54:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nerising.in\/?p=7044"},"modified":"2021-01-02T13:24:16","modified_gmt":"2021-01-02T07:54:16","slug":"union-health-minister-says-covid19-vaccine-to-be-free-across-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/northeastrising.in\/test\/union-health-minister-says-covid19-vaccine-to-be-free-across-india\/","title":{"rendered":"Union Health Minister says COVID-19 vaccine to be free across India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Delhi, Jan 02:\u00a0<\/strong>Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that COVID-19 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/nerising.in\/coronavirus-vaccine-dry-run-begins-across-india\/\">vaccines<\/a> <\/span><\/span>would be free of cost across the country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u201cNot just in Delhi, it (vaccine) will be free across the country,\u201d<\/strong> Harsh Vardhan said while speaking to reporters.<\/p>\n<p>The health minister was asked if the coronavirus vaccine will be provided free after he visits a hospital in Delhi, where he went to review the dry run of the vaccination drive. The vaccine dry run was being conducted on Saturday in all states and Union Territories.<\/p>\n<p>A video conference was also held under the chairmanship of the Delhi health secretary on Friday for conducting a dry run for <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><span style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\"><a style=\"color: #ff6600; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.who.int\/india\/emergencies\/coronavirus-disease-(covid-19)\">COVID<\/a> <\/span><\/span>vaccination at three selected sites, one each in Central District, Shahdara District, and southwest district, according to the latest health bulletin.<\/p>\n<p>From installing freezers to setting up cold chain equipment, arrangements are being made at a Delhi government hospital here for storing the vaccine, whenever it arrives.<\/p>\n<p>The Delhi government is fully prepared to receive, store and administer COVID-19 vaccine to 51 lakh priority category persons in the city in the first phase of vaccination, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had said on December 24.<\/p>\n<p>These persons include the healthcare workers, frontline workers, people aged above 50, and those below 50 years but with co-morbidities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Delhi, Jan 02:\u00a0Union Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan on Saturday said that COVID-19 vaccines would be free of cost across the country. \u201cNot just in Delhi, it (vaccine) will be free across the country,\u201d Harsh Vardhan said while speaking to reporters. 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