New Delhi: Launching one more vitriolic assault on Prime Minister Narendra Modi-led authorities, Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Wednesday alleged Bharat Biotech has refused to produce the required doses of its Covid-19 vaccine Covaxin to Delhi on the Centre’s directives.
“We had demanded 1.34 crore doses, 67 lakhs each of Covaxin and Covishield. Covaxin (Bharat Biotech) wrote to us yesterday that they can’t provide. They wrote ‘we are making dispatches as per directives of concerned government officials’. Obvious these are Central Government officials,” he mentioned.
Sisodia mentioned Delhi’s reserve shares of vaccine is exhausted.
“The centres administering Covishield vaccines are functioning but we have had to close the centres administering Covaxin. So, we have had to close down more than 100 centres across 17 schools,” he added.
Sisodia additional mentioned the Central Government ought to all exports of vaccines.
“The Centre should act as the government of a country. They should carry out their responsibility and stop all exports,” he mentioned.
Sisodia had earlier on Tuesday lashed out on the Centre and requested what the Government of India’s function is that if all state governments ought to go to worldwide markets to purchase vaccines.
“The BJP says that Delhi Government should have floated an international tender to buy vaccines from the international market. Does this mean that all state governments should go to international markets to buy vaccines? Then, what is the role of Government of India?” he informed a press convention.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal had additionally on Tuesday raised considerations over lack of sufficient Covid-19 vaccine inventory and wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi in search of sharing of vaccine system with different producers as nicely in order that the capability could be scaled up.
