The ongoing nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive, that was launched on 16th January 2021, is going to be exponentially expanded from 1st March 2021. It will cover following age-groups:

• All citizens above 60 years of age, and
• Those within the age bracket of 45 to 59 years with specified co-morbidities

To ramp up the COVID vaccination capacity manifold, significantly large number of private hospitals are going to be engaged in this drive. Around 10,000 private hospitals empanelled under Ayushman Bharat PM-JAY (AB PM-JAY), CGHS and various State Government Health Insurance schemes will be taking part as COVID Vaccination Centers (CVCs). The list of such hospitals can be found here: https://pmjay.gov.in/covid-vaccination-hospitals Read more