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Government of India today announced a Liberalised and Accelerated Phase 3 Strategy of #COVID19 #Vaccination from 1st May.

https://pib.gov.in/PressReleseDetail.aspx?PRID=1712710

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Chairing the meeting to take these decisions, Prime Minister Shri @narendramodi said, "Government has been working hard from over a year to ensure that maximum numbers of Indians are able to get the vaccine in the shortest possible of time."

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Several important decisions taken in a meeting chaired by Prime Minister.

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Pricing, Procurement, Eligibility and Administration of vaccines being made flexible in Phase 3 of the World’s #LargestVaccinationDrive.

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All stakeholders given flexibility to customise to local needs while everyone above the age of 18 are now eligible to be #Vaccinated .

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Vaccine manufacturers have been incentivized to further scale up their production, as well as attract new national and international players.

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Vaccine manufacturers are now empowered to release up to 50% of their supply to State Govts. and in the open market at a pre-declared price.

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States empowered to procure additional vaccine doses directly from the manufacturers, as well as open up #Vaccination to any category of people above the age of 18 for the same.

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The Union Government's #Vaccination drive to continue as before, providing free vaccination for essential and priority populations as defined earlier i.e HCWs, FLWs and population above 45 years.