Covid-19 vaccines Covishield and Covaxin to now cost private hospitals Rs 225 per dose

A single dose of the Serum Institute of India's Covishield and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin will now cost private hospitals Rs 225. Private hospitals will charge Rs 150 for administering the dose.

Adar Poonawalla, CEO of SII, said in a tweet on Saturday that the vaccine maker has decided to slash the prices of the Covid-19 jab for private hospitals from Rs 600 to Rs 225 after consultation with the central government in this regard.

Similarly, Suchitra Ella, co-founder of Bharat Biotech announced that the vaccine maker has also decided to slash the price of Covaxin to Rs 225 per dose from the earlier Rs 1,200 for private hospitals. The decision was made in consultation with



the central government, she added.

On Friday, the Union Health Ministry announced that precautionary doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be available to all above 18 years of age at private vaccination centres from April 10.

Those seeking to get a booster dose will need to ensure that nine months have passed since they received the second dose, officials in the Union Health Ministry said.

Since the beginning of the nationwide inoculation drive in January of last year, about 96 per cent of all those above the age of 15 years have received at least one dose of the Covid-19 jab. At the same time, 83 per cent have received both doses of Covid-19 vaccines.