Awaiting the green signal from the Central government, private hospitals across India claim that they are all set to join hands to provide COVID vaccination for the vulnerable population — those over 50 years and people with co-morbidities — and later the general population.
Highlighting that vaccine registration hasn’t opened for this section of the population yet, the hospital authorities say, “We have a plan in place but await directives from the government. And as far as the use of certain vaccines (India has approved emergency use of two vaccines), it totally depends on sanctions from the government,” said a statement issued by the Max Hospital.
Apollo Hospital, which has also launched a COVID vaccine tracker, said the objective of this is to “host a dedicated platform wherein users will be able to voluntarily register themselves and keep abreast with the latest update around vaccine development. The data collected from individuals is kept in a highly secured…
