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New Delhi: Hospitals do not necessarily have to stick to a fixed schedule to vaccinate people against COVID-19 and can extend or advance the vaccination schedule any day, the government has said.
This will help speed up the vaccination drive as more and more people become eligible for the life-saving jabs.
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New Delhi: Hospitals do not necessarily have to stick to a fixed schedule to vaccinate people against COVID-19 and can extend or advance the vaccination schedule any day, the government has said.
This will help speed up the vaccination drive as more and more people become eligible for the life-saving jabs.
"The government has removed time constraint to increase the speed of vaccination.
People can get vaccinated 24x7 at their convenience.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi understands the value of both time and health of citizens," Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tweeted in Hindi.
The Health Minister was replying to a report by the newspaper Dainik Bhaskar that said private hospitals can choose any time window to vaccinate people.
However, since all hospitals - both private and government ones - involved in the inoculation drive are linked by the government`s CoWIN app and website, the flexible schedule allowed by the government is applicable to both.
"The CoWIN portal has no 9 am to 5 pm vaccination system.