‘100 people per day; vaccination in booths’: Union Minister Ashwini Choubey

‘100 people per day; vaccination in booths’: Union Minister Ashwini Choubey

Union Minister Ashwini Choubey has said that the Union government is making preparations for swift distribution of a Covid-19 vaccine once it gets all regulatory approvals.

The Minister of State for Health said that booths, much like those used during elections, are being prepared where the vaccination drives will be conducted.

The Minister further added that only 100 people would be vaccinated per day at the booths.

‘Covid warriors will be the first to get vaccinated followed by frontline workers and those above 50 or 60 years of age,’ the Minister added.

Choubey also said that they are soon going to start sending equipment for handling the vaccine to states.

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