₹150 per dose as service charge over and above the cost of the vaccine. States and UTs on Saturday were also informed that no fresh registrations would be required for precaution dose as all due beneficiaries are already registered on CoWIN.
It was emphasized that all vaccinations must mandatorily be recorded of CoWIN platform and both the options of 'Online appointment' and 'Walk-in' registration and vaccination will be available at private Covid vaccination centres (CVCs).
The Private CVCs will maintain the vaccination sites as per the guidelines issued earlier by the Ministry of Health. "They can charge up to a maximum of ₹150 per dose as service charge for vaccination over and above the cost of vaccine," Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had said. "Administration of precaution dose will be homologous i.e.
same vaccine type will be used for precaution dose which was used for vaccination of first and second dose," he had stated. Healthcare workers, frontline workers and citizens aged 60 years and above, shall continue to receive precaution dose vaccination at any vaccination centres, including free of charge vaccination at Government Vaccination Centers, Bhushan had underlined.