The Madhya Pradesh government has decided that all eligible people above 18 years of age will be vaccinated for free from May 1, 2021.
The decision was taken at a cabinet meeting on Wednesday afternoon chaired by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan. He said that the Health Department has been instructed to expedite the vaccine work.
Chouhan said that resources are constantly being increased for the treatment of COVID-19, but it is necessary to break the chain of infection, only then, we will be able to win.
“A detailed guidelines of the Government of India will be issued later, but the people above the age of 18 will be vaccinated for free in Madhya Pradesh,” Chouhan said.
This comes after Chhattisgarh, Uttar Pradesh and Assam announced that their respective state governments would provide free Covid-19 vaccines for all above 18 years in the state. With this, Madhya Pradesh has become the fourth state to announce free Covid-19 vaccination for all adults.
As per Govt of India’s vaccine announcement, free vaccine is only for those who are aged above 45 years, and for healthcare, and frontline workers. Hence, as per the Centre’s vaccination drive, 18 to 45 year old Indians need to pay for the vaccine.
The states government putting their all effort to control the surge of COVID-19.
