Telangana govt permits private hospitals to vaccinate above 18 yrs

The State government also permitted private hospitals to conduct vaccination drives in workplaces (on request made by institutions/ companies/gated companies etc) by registering on CoWIN portal

Hyderabad: The State government on Tuesday has permitted all the designated private hospitals to start administration of Covid vaccines to individuals above 18 years.

The private hospitals, which have designated Private Covid Vaccination Centres (PCVCs) in Telangana, can now administer vaccines to eligible individuals.

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The State government also permitted private hospitals to conduct vaccination drives in workplaces (on request made by institutions/ companies/gated companies etc) by registering on CoWIN portal and following Covid vaccination guidelines.

Earlier, the State govenrment had kept the process of administering vaccines at PCVCs to individuals above 18 years in abeyance. On Tuesday, the health department also restarted administering second dose of Covid vaccines to eligible individuals across all the government covid vaccine centres.

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