Vaccination against COVID-19 for people in the 18-44 age group will begin in Madhya Pradesh from Wednesday in a phased manner as per the availability of doses, a senior official said.
State IEC Bureau deputy director Archana Mundir said vaccination will be on the basis of pre-registration and will take place between 9 am and 5 pm on Monday, Wednesday, Thursday and Saturday.
Earlier, on Monday, Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan had informed that 5.29 crore doses will be needed to cover those in the 18-44 segment, for which orders had been placed for 4.25 crore Covishield and 52.25 lakh Covaxin doses.