Booster dose for health workers today

Bengaluru: Precaution dose of COVID-19 vaccine for healthcare workers, frontline workers and persons aged above 60 with co-morbidities will be rolled out from January 10, with a target of vaccinating about 21 lakh beneficiaries in the state, the Karnataka Health Department said on Sunday.

Healthcare workers and frontline workers who have completed 9 months or 39 weeks from the date of second dose vaccination as registered on the CoWIN portal are eligible for the precaution dose. Similar is the criteria for persons aged above 60 with co-morbidities, and no medical certificate is required for eligible beneficiaries to avail precaution dose. The dose will be the same vaccine dose which was administered previously.

Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai will launch the precaution dose vaccination on Monday at 10 AM at Atal Bihari Vajpayee Medical College and Research Centre here.