The government is toying with the idea of allowing private facilities to sell Covid-19 vaccines to the public. While this will ensure private facilities are not discriminated and do play a role in the rollout, Akhwale said the challenge was that the exercise may allow pilferage. Both private and public hospitals, he said, will be used to carry out vaccination when the exercise starts. In the first phase, 479 facilities have been selected to be used for dispensation of the vaccine – 195 of them being private. In the first phase of the rollout, healthcare workers in both private and public hospitals will be given the jab.

Source: Standard Digital February 22, 2021 06:22 UTC