Tamil Nadu CM Requests 20 Lakh COVID-19 Vaccine Doses From PM Modi
Mumbai: Tamil Nadu CM E Palaniswami urged PM Narendra Modi to allocate 20 lakh doses of the COVID-19 vaccine to the state. In a letter to the PM, he alleged that certain state regulators are prioritising supplies by individual manufacturers to certain states.
In a letter to Modi, the Chief Minister said that guidelines are being issued by national and “some state regulators”, prioritising supplies by individual manufacturers to certain states and restricting Remdesivir sales only within the state where the drug was being produced.
“This would be very detrimental to the availability of such valuable life-saving drugs in places of need. At this stage, any restrictive order by individual states should be strictly withheld to ensure easy access to Remedisvir.”
“I urge the Government of India to take up this issue with such states where the companies have their production facilities located,” Palaniswami said.
On the vaccination front, he said the drive was gaining momentum in the state and requested that “an estimated supply of vaccines of at least ten days, supply of around 20 lakh doses, be supplied well in advance to ensure that the vaccination drive in the individual sites are not affected and persons coming for the second dose are assured of vaccination on the date and on the site they report.”
In some parts of the state, CM’s plea comes due to a shortage of vaccines, especially in waiting for the second dose of COVID’s job.
Palaniswami further stated that “The Integrated Vaccine Complex located at Chengalpattu in Tamil Nadu is a focused project of national importance, aimed at ensuring vaccine safety at the national level, which is structurally and functionally ready and awaiting commission and verification.”
“I am informed that this would be possible if some pending works can be fast-tracked. I would appeal to you to bring this facility to working condition at the earliest, so as to augment the production of COVID vaccines,” he told Modi.
Tamil Nadu had been showing a continuous decline in positivity rate and case fatality and also a dip in total numbers till the end of February 2021.
“However, in tune with the national trend, the state has also not been immune to the rapid increase in the COVID-19 infections in March and April 2021. The state is witnessing a rise in new cases and the daily cases have crossed 10,000 and in Chennai alone, it is 3,300,” he added.
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