Govt begins booster dose for Covid
Shillong, Jan 10: MN Nampuii, Commissioner and Secretary, Health and Family Welfare Department, was administered with the precautionary dose of the Covid 19 vaccine at the Regional Health and Family Welfare Training Centre, Shillong on Monday. The vaccination drive marked the commencement of precautionary dose of Covid 19 vaccination for health and frontline workers and 60+ with comorbid conditions.
Later, speaking to reporters on the precaution dose, the chief minister, Conrad Sangma said the government is working on to go agressive and that a lot of people have come forward for the booster dose which have just started for the 60 years and above and frontline workers.
With the vaccination percentage crossing 70 percent in the state, he said the government is really going aggressive with the vaccination drive.
“We are hopeful that based on the election mode vaccination drive we are able to cover more and more population in the state,” he said.