The government announced on Saturday that private vaccination centres can charge a service fee of up to ₹150 in addition to the cost of the third Covid-19 vaccine shot. The third dose of the vaccine, dubbed as a precaution dose by the government, will be the same as the first and second doses, according to the Union health secretary, who spoke after a meeting with all state and union territory health secretaries.
Because all due beneficiaries are already registered on CoWIN, no new registrations are required for the precaution dose.
The central government announced on Friday that beginning April 10, all adult citizens will be able to receive their precaution shot if their second shot was given at least nine months prior. Frontline workers and people aged 60 and up have already received the booster dose at no cost. Others, on the other hand, will have to pay for the precaution doses, which will only be available at private vaccination clinics.
