New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Thursday (March 18) urged the Centre to open COVID-19 vaccination for all and claimed that if the eligibility criteria is eliminated, all of Delhi can be vaccinated in three months.
“If the Centre allows vaccination for everyone and we get sufficient supply of vaccine then we can vaccinate everyone in Delhi within 3 months. The system should be decentralised and states should be allowed to vaccinate on war footing, in their own way,” the Delhi CM mentioned.
Addressing a press convention, Kejriwal additionally mentioned that everybody besides these under the age of 18 ought to get COVID-19 vaccination. “Appeal to the Centre to relax vaccination eligibility criteria, open it for all except below 18 years,” the Delhi CM mentioned.
“I appeal to the Centre that their current guideline for vaccination centres is very stringent. We now have 2 months of experience in vaccination. So we’re writing to Centre to relax some parameters so that vaccination can be done at more centres. We’ll take all precautions,” he added.
Stating that the latest rise of COVID-19 circumstances in the nationwide capital is not a trigger of fear, the AAP chief appealed to the eligible beneficiaries to get vaccinated towards coronavirus. Kejriwal mentioned that the quantity of folks vaccinated in Delhi each day can be raised from round 40,000 to 1.25 lakh.
He added that his authorities has directed officers for stricter tracing, testing, isolation of coronavirus circumstances. The CM additionally assured that the quantity of vaccination centres in Delhi can be doubled which can open from 9 am to 9 pm.
(With inputs from companies)
