Delay In Booster Dose In Goa Due To Vaccine Unavailability: Official

Covid Booster Dose for adults!

On Sunday, the vaccination for adult’s booster dose begins all across the state. Where Goa failed to begin the exercise of administering precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccines due to unavailability of jabs at some private vaccination centres and as the medical staff of such facilities is yet to be trained for the purpose, an official said.

The health ministry informed that the precaution dose will be of the same Covid-19 vaccine which has been used for administration of the first and second doses. Additionally, the Centre said that the private vaccination centres can charge up to a maximum of Rs 150 per dose as a service charge over and above the cost of the vaccine.

According to the statement given by Dr. Rajendra Borkar, said "Some private vaccination centres have not received vaccines and also its staff is not trained for the purpose. But these issues would be resolved within the next two days, after which the precaution doses would be administered at private facilities in the state."

The Centre announced on Saturday that precaution doses will be available to everyone aged above 18 years at the private vaccination centres beginning April 10.

Whereas there’s a slow start in the National capital. Whereas few states including Bengaluru have been running a free campaign to inoculate the population with a third short of a booster dose.