Covid-19 in India: Government launches third dose vaccine campaign

In India, the government has just launched the Covid-19 vaccination reminder campaign for the entire adult population, with the aim of avoiding a resumption of the epidemic.

AP - Bikas Das

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In India, the second most populous country in the world, the government has just launched the vaccination reminder campaign against Covid-19 for the entire adult population, with the aim of avoiding a resumption of the epidemic.

Approximately 800 million people are therefore now eligible to receive this third dose;

but unlike other doses, this injection is currently paying for the majority of the population.

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With our correspondent in New Delhi

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It is 2 p.m. in the south of New Delhi, it is over 40 degrees and a dozen cars purr, engines running, in front of a marquee erected at the Moolchand hospital.

Here, patients get vaccinated from inside their air-conditioned vehicle.

A service that attracts the wealthiest, like this thirty-something businessman: “ 

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Unlike the first two, there is indeed a charge for the booster dose: the private Moolchand hospital bills it for 680 rupees, or 8 euros.

It is the equivalent of a day's work for an Indian worker.

For now, the government only provides a free third dose for people over 60 and for health and police personnel.

Less than a thousand daily cases of Covid-19

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”, explains Raman Shabra, 42 years old and who did not hesitate to do the booster.

India is registering less than 1,000 daily cases of Covid-19 these days, the lowest rate since the start of the pandemic.

But contaminations are starting to increase again in New Delhi.

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