kolkata with the comorbidity clause being removed for the precautionary dose for senior citizens covid vaccination centres cvc across the city are expecting more people above 60 years to take the shot now on monday the health ministry decided to open up the booster dose for everyone above 60 from march 16 so far the third dose was being given to senior citizens with comorbiditiesabout 75 lakh more senior citizens would be eligible to take the booster dose after the removal of this comorbidity clause said a senior health department officialbengal at present has about 80 lakh doses of covishield and covaxin combined these two doses are being used for booster dose drive the footfall in our vaccination centre has come down to half of the 70 to 80 persons we would get in a day we might see the footfall go up slightly after the inclusion of everyone above 60 years for the booster dose we hope the government starts opening up the precautionary dose to all eligible adults said the ceo of a private hospital