The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan and Dr R S Sharma, CEO, National Health Authority (NHA) and Chairperson, Empowered Group on COVID Vaccination has done a high-level meeting through video conference today with Health Secretaries, State Mission Directors of NHM and State Immunization officers of all States and UTs to review the status, pace and issues regarding COVID vaccination across the country as well as the preparations for April 2021 when vaccination would be extended to all persons above the age of 45.
The following was advised to the States and UTs regarding the vaccination coverage of Health Care Workers (HCW)s & Front Line Workers (FLW)s:
The meeting was also Regarding the involvement of Private COVID Vaccination Centres (CVC)s, the States/UTs were asked to:
Considering the vaccine stocks as important part of meeting the States and UTs were advised to ensure that:
The Centre also advised the States and UTs for the following:
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