3 Crore Healthcare Workers

The government will pay for Coronavirus vaccines for 3 crore healthcare and frontline workers from the PM-Cares funds, sources have told NDTV. The vaccine rollout has been scheduled for January 16 and the one crore healthcare workers and two crore frontline workers will be inoculated first.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday that the central government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first round and suggested that public representatives, a reference to politicians, should not be part of this initial exercise.

The present cold chain system in the country is capable of storing additional quantity of COVID-19 vaccine required for first 3 crore healthcare workers and frontline warriors, the centre said on Tuesday.

The government will pay for Coronavirus vaccines for 3 crore healthcare and frontline workers from the PM-Cares funds, sources have told NDTV. The vaccine rollout has been scheduled for January 16 and the one crore healthcare workers and two crore frontline workers will be inoculated first.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced on Monday that the central government will bear the expenses of vaccinating nearly three crore healthcare and frontline workers in the first round and suggested that public representatives, a reference to politicians, should not be part of this initial exercise.

The present cold chain system in the country is capable of storing additional quantity of COVID-19 vaccine required for first 3 crore healthcare workers and frontline warriors, the centre said on Tuesday.