Jharkhand govt announces free Covid-19 vaccine for people above 18 years

The Jharkhand government has announced that it will provide the Covid-19 vaccine to people above 18 years of age for free.

Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren on Thursday night said that his government will provide Covid-19 vaccine to people above 18 years of age for free. Soren's statement came after the Centre announced a policy making all adults above 18 years of age eligible to get inoculated from May 1 and allowing state governments and private hospitals to purchase vaccines from manufacturers. Opposition parties alleged that the policy implies that the central government has abdicated its responsibility to provide free vaccines to citizens between the age group of 18 and 45 years.