COVID vaccine precaution dose: Price, service charge, vaccine selection and all you need to know

Biswajeet Swain Published On : Apr 10, 2022 at 10:27 AM

Bhubaneswar: Administration of precaution dose (third dose/ booster dose) of COVID-19 vaccine to people belonging to 18-59 age group commenced in India at private COVID Vaccination Centres (CVCs), today.

The precaution dose will be of the same vaccine which was used for administration of 1st and 2nd doses.

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No fresh registrations are required for precaution dose as all due beneficiaries are already registered on CoWIN portal.

Both the options of ‘Online appointment’ and ‘Walk-in registration’ will be available at private CVCs.

Single dose of Covaxin and Covishield vaccines will cost Rs 225 at the private CVCs. The private CVCs can charge up to a maximum of Rs 150 as service charge for vaccination.

Healthcare Workers, Frontline Workers and citizens aged 60 years or more shall continue to receive precaution dose at any CVC, including free of charge vaccination at Government Vaccination Centers.