Covid vaccination: Hospitals await final word on price ahead of next phase

Self-registration for the 60-plus group opens on March 1; service charge at private hospitals may be capped at Rs 100 per jab

Two days to go for the next phase of Covid vaccination, Centre and state government officials met in a marathon video conference meeting to put tech and logistic things in order. While it was decided that the Union health ministry would make registration for the inoculation available in advance, on spot and also in large cohorts for groups through the Co-WIN2.0, the finer details of pricing at private healthcare centres were still being discussed at the time of going to press.          

A source in the know said vaccination at any private hospital/healthcare centre would be available