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Assam govt to give free COVID vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years

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Assam govt to give free COVID vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years

Assam govt to give free COVID vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years

Assam government has procure 2 crore vaccine from Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech and will provide free vaccines to everyone from 18 to 45 years of age, informed state Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma on April 21.

"Government of Assam has decided to procure 2 crore vaccines, 1 crore vaccine from Serum Institute of India and another from Bharat Biotech so that we can give free vaccines to the citizen belonging to 18 to 45 years group.

We want to start vaccination drive early as possible," said State Health Minister Sarma.


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