Those seeking to travel abroad for education, employment, sports and for attending official or business commitments may soon be allowed to get a precautionary or booster Covid 19 vaccine dose, official sources told news agency .
Discussions are also underway on whether overseas-bound travellers opting for booster dose should receive the shot at private vaccination centres and pay for it, they said.
Discussions are also underway on whether overseas-bound travellers opting for booster dose should receive the shot at private vaccination centres and pay for it, they said.
The development comes days after the government allowed all those who are aged above 60 to get jabbed with a booster shot.
Apart from them, currently, healthcare and frontline workers are being administered precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine. With scheduled international flights set to resume from Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs recently highlighted the travel restrictions being enforced by certain countries in view of the requirement of a third/booster dose and how that is impacting necessary travel of Indian travellers, sources with knowledge of the matter told .
The Union Health Ministry is also learnt to have received representations for allowing administration of precaution dose for those seeking to travel for employment opportunities, educational purpose or for attending official/business commitments, etc.
Apart from them, currently, healthcare and frontline workers are being administered precaution doses of COVID-19 vaccine. With scheduled international flights set to resume from Sunday, the Ministry of External Affairs recently highlighted the travel restrictions being enforced by certain countries in view of the requirement of a third/booster dose and how that is impacting necessary travel of Indian travellers, sources with knowledge of the matter told .
The Union Health Ministry is also learnt to have received representations for allowing administration of precaution dose for those seeking to travel for employment opportunities, educational purpose or for attending official/business commitments, etc.
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