Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan announced on Saturday that in the first phase of administration of COVID-19 vaccines, "1 crore health care and 2 crore front-line workers" would get free vaccines.
Harsh Vardhan tweeted, "In 1st phase of #COVID19Vaccination free #vaccine shall be provided across the nation to most prioritised beneficiaries that incl 1 crore healthcare & 2 crore frontline workers
Details of how further 27 cr priority beneficiaries are to be vaccinated until July are being finalised."
Harsh Vardhan's announcement comes a day after a central panel gave approval for emergency use of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine.
Earlier on Saturday, Harsh Vardhan had reviewed the progress of a nationwide dry run to prepare for administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.
The Narendra Modi government had previously announced plans to vaccinate up to 30 crore people in six-seven months.
