Delhi | Covid-19
Delhi announces free booster doses amid spurt in Covid-19 cases
New Delhi/IBNS: As the Covid-19 cases are on the rise in the national capital, the Delhi government on Thursday announced that the precautionary vaccine doses will be available free for everyone in the age group 18-59 years at all government-run hospitals.
"In order to give the benefit of precaution dose to all eligible beneficiaries in Delhi, the same will be available for 18 to 59 years' age group, free of cost in all government CVCs from April 21," the health department said in the order.
Necessary changes have been made in the Co-WIN portal for Delhi wherein both "online appointment and walk-in will be available," it added.
Delhi logged 965 fresh Covid-19 cases in the last 24-hour period with a positivity rate of 4.71 per cent.
One person has died due to the infection during this period, according to data from the health department.
On Wednesday, the city reported one death and 1,009 Covid cases, the maximum since Feb 10, with a positivity rate of 5.7 per cent.
The Delhi Disaster Management Authority (DDMA) on Wednesday reinforced the mask mandate in the national capital making not wearing the same in public places a punishable offence attracting a fine of Rs 500, officials said.
India too reported a spike in Covid cases reported with 2,380 fresh infections in the last 24 hours while the toll went up by 56 in this period, the Union Health Ministry said on Thursday.
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