West bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee handle throughout an election rally, forward of the sixth section of West Bengal Assembly polls, in Krishnanagar South, Nadia district.
West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday sought Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s intervention to guarantee an adequate supply of COVID vaccines, medicines and oxygen to the state, which has been reporting a pointy spike in recent infections.
In her two-page letter to the prime minister, Banerjee mentioned that vaccines, medicines and oxygen are of paramount significance to comprise the second COVID wave.
Noting that vaccination is of prime significance in densely populated West Bengal and significantly Kolkata, she, nonetheless, lamented, “Unfortunately for us, the supply of vaccines from the Centre has been scarce and erratic, which is negatively affecting our vaccination programmes.”
Claiming that West Bengal is one of one of the best performers in vaccination within the nation, she mentioned that the state is, nonetheless, now struggling due to an unsure supply of vials from the Centre.
“We have to vaccinate around 2.7 crore people for which we need 5.4 crore doses. We request for an urgent intervention to ensure that the state gets its requirement of vaccine doses fulfilled at the earliest,” she wrote.
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She complained that her authorities needs to buy the doses from state funds and had earlier written to the prime minister about it however didn’t obtain “requisite clearance” but.
Banerjee additionally urged Modi to guarantee a gradual supply of important medicines to fight the surge in coronavirus circumstances.
“The supply of important medicines like Remdesivir and Tocilizumab is extraordinarily scarce and unsure right now, which has been a matter of grave concern for the medical doctors right here. We want round 6,000 vials of Remdesivir and 1,000 vials of Tocilizumab on daily basis.
“Presently, only 1,000 vials of Remdesivir are available every day and no fresh supply of Tocilizumab is coming. It may be seen that the relevant authorities step up their efforts to ensure a steady supply of these most essential supplies of medicines as soon as possible,” she mentioned.
Banerjee additionally requested the prime minister to enhance the oxygen supply to the state.
“The state is willing to extend its resources to the fullest in tandem with the Centre to tackle the pandemic the country is facing now and overcome it,” she added.
West Bengal, the place an eight-phase meeting election is underway, registered its highest single-day spike of 7,713 new circumstances on Saturday.
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