Mumbai: India’s vaccination campaign is all set to get a major boost from May 1 when everyone above the age of 18 will be eligible for the vaccine.
However, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Monday demanded the central government of providing free vaccination for all citizens against COVID19, saying “Enough of discussion. All citizens of the country should get the vaccine for free. Don’t make India a victim of the BJP’s system,” he said in a tweet in Hindi.
https://twitter.com/RahulGandhi/status/1386539389887541249?s=20
The Centre on April 19 had announced a ‘liberalised’ policy, making all above 18 years of age eligible to get vaccinated from May 1. It has also allowed state governments and private hospitals to purchase vaccines from manufacturers.
Many states, including Delhi, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Haryana, Odisha, Jharkhand and West Bengal and others, have decided to provide free vaccines to the people in their respective states.
As per the central government, manufacturers of Covid-19 vaccines will be free to supply 50 per cent doses to state governments and in the open market, for which they will have to make an advance declaration of the price before May 1.
Meanwhile, A total of 3,52,991 new COVID19 cases, 2,812 related deaths and 2,19,272 recoveries were reported in the last 24 hours, taking the total active cases to 28,13,658.
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