Centre has decided to distribute COVID-19 vaccine free of cost: Himanta Biswa Sarma

Guwahati: Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma has said that the central government has decided to make COVID-19 vaccine free of cost

Sarma, who was in Nagaon on Friday, said: “Government of India had already decided to distribute the vaccine free of cost.

The health minister said that there is improvement in the COVID-19 scenario in Assam in the last one month. "However, if we can maintain vigil during the ongoing Durga puja festival we will be able to defeat COVID.”

Assam has around 2, 03,282 COVID-19 cases. Seven more persons died of COVID19 in Assam taking the death toll up to 896 on Thursday while 508 new COVID19 cases were detected out of 34375 tests conducted on Thursday with a positivity rate of 1.48%.