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Supreme Court judges to be vaccinated from today


Mangalore Today News Network / NDTV

New Delhi, Mar 01, 2021:     Judges of the Supreme Court will get COVID-19 vaccine shots from today. Those eligible for the vaccine in the drive starting today also includes the families of the judges and retired judges. The Supreme Court registry has arranged a vaccination facility at the court complex.

 

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The judges and their families have an option of getting the jabs at the Supreme Court complex or any hospital listed by the government.

The cost of vaccination will be as per the centre’s guidelines, the Supreme Court registry said. Private hospitals can charge up to ₹ 250 per shot.

The Health Ministry said the judges will not have an option to choose which vaccine they want to take - Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin, or Covishield, developed by Oxford-AstraZeneca and made by the Serum Institute of India.

Monday marked the second push of India’s massive vaccination drive. Those above 60 and those who are 45 and above with critical illnesses are getting inoculated now.

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday tweeted to say that he took first dose of coronavirus vaccine at Delhi’s premier All India Institutes of Medical Sciences.

With 15,510 fresh cases, India’s COVID-19 tally has climbed to 1,11,12,241, while the number of recoveries has surged to 1,07,86,457, the Union health ministry said on Monday.

The death count due to the viral disease has gone up to 1,57,157 in the country with 106 more fatalities reported in a 24-hour period, the ministry’s data showed.


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