New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday (May 12) shared a letter from Bharat Biotech denying provide of COVID-19 vaccine doses and alleged that it was on account of mismanagement by the central authorities.
Addressing a press convention, he mentioned that the Delhi authorities had requested for 67 lakh Covaxin doses however the producer has refused it citing the central authorities’s instructions and absence of doses.
“The Covaxin manufacturer has in a letter said that it can not provide Delhi government vaccines due to unavailability, under instruction of concerned government official. It means that the central government is controlling supply of the vaccine,” he added.
Sisodia additionally took to Twitter to hit out on the Centre. “Vaccine mismanagement by Centre Government. Covaxin refuses to supply vaccine citing directives of Government and limited availability,” Sisodia mentioned in a tweet.
Vaccine mismanagement by Centre Gov-
Covaxin refuses to provide vaccine citing directives of Gov. & restricted availability.Once once more I’d say exporting 6.6cr doses was greatest mistake. We are compelled to shutdown 100 covaxin-vaccination websites in 17 faculties as a consequence of no provide pic.twitter.com/uFZSG0y4HM
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) May 12, 2021
The deputy CM criticised the Centre for exporting vaccines to different nations. He mentioned that the Covaxin inventory has completed on account of which they are going to be compelled to close down 100 vaccination centres.
“Once again I would say exporting 6.6 crore doses was biggest mistake. We are forced to shutdown 100 Covaxin-vaccination sites in 17 schools due to no supply,” he mentioned.
He urged the central authorities to approve vaccines obtainable within the worldwide marketplace for use in India, and direct states to vaccinate everybody inside three months.
The Delhi authorities has raised the concern of vaccine scarcity earlier this week. Vaccination centres will, nevertheless, proceed administering Covishield.
