Free Covid booster for all above 18 in Himachal

Shimla, July 17

As per the announcement made by the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (MoHFW), precautionary Covid dose will be administered to all eligible persons in the 18-59 age group in the state. A state government spokesperson said here today that the dose would be given free-of-cost at all government vaccination centres for 75 days, starting from July 15 to September 30.

Earlier only citizens 60 years and above, frontline workers and healthcare workers were being given free-of-cost precaution dose in the government Covid vaccination centres. “A total of 50 lakh population of 18 plus shall be vaccinated under Covid Vaccine Amrut Mahotsav,” the spokesperson said.

The spokesperson further said all those falling in the 18-59 age group, who have completed six months or 26 weeks from the day of the second dose, are eligible for this dose. “Those who have tested positive for Covid-19 infection lately shall have to wait for 90 days from recovery from the infection before a precautionary dose can be administered,” he said.