{"id":102898,"date":"2021-04-22T17:52:09","date_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:22:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.forumias.com\/?p=102898"},"modified":"2021-04-22T17:52:48","modified_gmt":"2021-04-22T12:22:48","slug":"indias-new-covid-19-vaccine-policy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-new-covid-19-vaccine-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"India\u2019s &#8220;New Covid-19 vaccine policy&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<strong><br \/>\nWhat is the News?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Government of India has announced the fourth phase of its New\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/concerns-of-hasty-approval-to-covid-19-vaccine\/\"> Covid-19 vaccine<\/a> policy. This phase expands its vaccination coverage to everyone aged 18 and older from May 1.<\/p>\n<h5><strong>Earlier Three Phases:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The first three phases vaccinated healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above the age of 45.<\/li>\n<li>The Centre procured the entire quantity of vaccines from manufacturers Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech(<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/india-approves-two-covid-19-vaccines-for-emergency-use\/\">Covishield and Covaxin respectively<\/a>). The centre then distributed them to states for vaccination.<\/li>\n<li>The states distributed the stock to government vaccination centres. These government centres administered the vaccine free of cost. Private hospitals charged recipients Rs 250 per dose.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div class=\"content-box-red\">\n<h5><strong>Fourth Phase of Covid-19 Vaccine Policy: <\/strong><\/h5>\n<p>Under this phase there are few changes,<\/p>\n<p><strong>Changes for Citizens:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>All adults over the age of 18 will be eligible for vaccination starting from May 1.<\/li>\n<li>Those eligible in the earlier phases can continue to get the free doses provided by the Government of India.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5><strong>Changes in Distribution:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Earlier, 100% of vaccines were being procured by the Centre and allocated to the states based on demand.<\/li>\n<li>Under the new rules, the Centre will automatically receive only 50% of vaccines produced by manufacturers. It will allocate these to states based on the extent of infection (active cases) and performance (speed of administration).<\/li>\n<li>The remaining 50% can be acquired by the states directly or by private hospitals and industrial establishments at a price.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Note: <\/strong>The government will monitor the prices charged by private hospitals. A mechanism will be put in place to monitor vaccine stocks and capturing prices on the <a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/co-win-platform-upgraded\/\">Co-win platform<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 12pt;\"><strong>READ ALSO :-<a href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/social-issues-news\/skill-development-news-and-updates\/\">Skill Development : news and updates<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<h5><strong>Imported Vaccines:<\/strong><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>The Centre will allow the imported, fully ready-to-use vaccines to be entirely utilised in the other-than-Government of India channel.<\/li>\n<li>Thus, if a foreign pharma giant brings its vaccine to India, it will be free to directly sell the entire stock in the open market at a competitive price<strong>.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><strong>Source: <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/indianexpress.com\/article\/explained\/india-vaccine-policy-covid-19-serum-covaxin-7283776\/\"><strong>Indian Express<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is the News? The Government of India has announced the fourth phase of its New\u00a0 Covid-19 vaccine policy. This phase expands its vaccination coverage to everyone aged 18 and older from May 1. Earlier Three Phases: The first three phases vaccinated healthcare workers, frontline workers, and those above the age of 45. The Centre&hellip; <a class=\"more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/indias-new-covid-19-vaccine-policy\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">India\u2019s &#8220;New Covid-19 vaccine policy&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10317,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1566,1738,7965,9],"tags":[1289,1472],"class_list":["post-102898","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daily-factly-articles","category-science-and-technology-daily-factly-articles","category-miscellaneous-daily-factly-articles","category-public","tag-soc_0","tag-vaccine_related_issues","entry"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","views":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102898","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10317"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=102898"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/102898\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=102898"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=102898"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/forumias.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=102898"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}