Free Covid Booster Dose Drive For 18-59 Age Group Kicks Off Today | IN PICS

The Centre started providing free booster doses of Covid vaccines for the 18-59 age group at government vaccination centres under a 75-day special drive from Friday. The image shows a health worker administering a booster shot to Labour and Employment Minister Bhupendra Yadav to inaugurate the special drive. (Image: PTI)

The free booster dose drive will be held for next 75 days as part of the government's Azadi Ka Amrit Mahotsav to celebrate the 75th anniversary of India's Independence and to boost the uptake of Covid precaution doses, Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. (Image: PTI)

According to a PTI report, less than 1 per cent of the target population of 77 crore in the 18-59 age group have been administered the precaution dose. The image shows a health worker administering the shot to a security staff in Delhi. (Image: PTI)

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath being greeted by beneficiaries as he visits Civil Hospital to oversee the launch of the 75-day special drive for free vaccination drive in Lucknow. (Image: PTI)

People get themselves registered to receive a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Kolkata. (Image: PTI)

A healthcare worker administers a booster shot of Covid-19 vaccine to a beneficiary in Guwahati on Friday. (Image: PTI)