Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that every citizen will be vaccinated against Covid-19, amid reports of several ...
Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday said that every citizen will be vaccinated against Covid-19, amid reports of several states facing shortage of doses, PTI reported. The finance minister said that states are allocated stocks based on spread of the infection and density of the population.
“The central government supplies it [vaccines], well in advance so that they can announce as to how much is being given, seven days prior...this [is] happening every month, it keeps coming,” she told reporters in Bengaluru. “All states will be taken care of.”
The finance minister said that the supplies will be “well-managed”. “I wish to assure through the media that all people’s interest will be taken care of and everybody will be vaccinated,” she said.
Vaccine shortage
Her comments came on the day the Odisha government said it had stopped the vaccination drive in 16 districts of the state due to shortage of Covishield doses, PTI reported. Only 114 sessions were held during the day, including 72 in the state capital Bhubaneswar where Covaxin was administered to the beneficiaries.
In Assam, the Bharatiya Janata Party-led was able to vaccinate only 16.63 lakh beneficiaries in the last 10 days due to shortage of doses. This was almost 45% less than Chief Minister...
