Health Minister Dr. Harsh Vardhan along with his wife Nutan Goel were administered their first Covid vaccine doses on Tuesday in the Delhi Heart and Lung Institute.
They received Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin and since it was a private hospital, they paid Rs 250 each for the doses.
After receiving the jab, the health minister also urged that those who can pay for the vaccine cost should take the jab at private hospitals.
He also talked about maintaining vaccine appropriate behaviour where people must adhere to getting vaccinated both the doses in a bid to defeat the virus.
“After Covid appropriate behaviour, we need to affirm to vaccine appropriate behaviour. We all should come forward and help the society from allaying the menace of Covid-19,” he said.
“Vaccine would not just save you from the disease but also your closed ones,” Vardhan added.
Vardhan also said that the percentage of post-vaccination effects are just 0.00004 of the total vaccination and experiencing some changes in your body is absolutely normal.
Meanwhile, he also thanked those who got in the queue of registration on the first day of phase three Covid vaccination. “The response was overwhelming and it shows our resolve to defeat the pandemic. I appeal every eligible beneficiary to come forward for the vaccination,” he added.
Vaccines are being provided free of charge at the government health facilities, while private hospitals can charge Rs 150 for vaccines and Rs 100 for service charges fixed by the Central government.
Around 10,000 hospitals empanelled under the Ayushman Bharat-PMJAY and 687 hospitals under CGHS can be used by states as Covid Vaccination Centres (CVCs).
India started second phase of covid-19 vaccination drive on Monday. Prime Minister Narendra Modi was one of the early morning beneficiaries. He received the vaccine dose at AIIMS Delhi.
In the second phase, people aged above 60 and those below the age with co morbidities will be vaccinated.
