Paid booster shots for all Indian adults from Sunday

Covid-19 booster shots will be available for all adults in India from Sunday at private vaccination centres, said the country's government on Friday.

Unlike the free booster shots announced for healthcare workers, frontline staff, and those above 60, these booster shots would have to be paid for by the receiver, reported NDTV.

"Ongoing free vaccination programme through government vaccination centres for first and second dose as well as Precaution Dose to Healthcare Workers, Frontline Workers, and 60+ population would continue and would be accelerated," a statement from the Indian government said.

The statement also added that about 96 per cent of the 15 and above population in the country have received at least one Covid-19 vaccine dose. On the other hand, about 83 per cent of the population has received both doses.

The decision to open up the booster to all adults came as infections grow in many countries and some Indians find it hard to travel abroad without a third dose, the report by NDTV added.