Free Covid-19 vaccination for adults in India from today: All you need to know

India’s updated policy for vaccination, which promises to provide free coronavirus vaccines to states and Union Territories for inoculation of all above the age of 18, will come into effect from today. Here is all you need to know.

Free coronavirus vaccines will be made available to states for vaccination of all above the age of 18 from today (June 21), as per the announcement by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. The move to provide free vaccines against Covid-19 to all adults in India is expected to give a boost to the vaccination drive. As of Monday, India has administered over 30 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines, according to the health ministry's dashboard. Saying that a new stage in fight against corona begins today, Union Minister Amit Shah said, “The PM made an important decision that from June 21 people who are 18 yrs of age & above will be vaccinated free of cost by central govt & the process of vaccination will be sped up.”