Vaccination centres at private hospitals have been getting a good response for the past week ever since the drive to cover senior citizens and people with comorbidities started. Although their capacity to vaccinate is one-fifth that of government centres, of the 2.46 lakh common citizens who have got the dose so far, one-third opted for private hospitals and the numbers are increasing.

On March 1, when vaccination started for the general public, only three private hospitals had permissions to give the vaccination. The central government capped the charges of vaccination at Rs 250 - Rs 150 for vaccines and Rs 100 as a service charge. In the first three days, 2,386 common citizens got a jab at these hospitals, whereas 17,271 people turned to civic-run centres for inoculation.