New Delhi: Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia on Saturday (April 3) acquired his first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine and mentioned that lockdown is not the answer to examine the rising variety of instances but vaccination is.
Sisodia acquired the first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine on the Maulana Azad Hospital. His spouse and two different members of the family had been additionally inoculated.
He posted footage from the hospital and wrote within the caption of his Twitter put up, “Thankful to our brilliant scientists, medical teams & everyone who worked tirelessly for making vaccines for us. Center Govt should provide vaccine for all without age restrictions. Let’s fight #Covid together!”
Got vaccinated with my household immediately @HospitalLok!
Thankful to our good scientists, medical groups & everybody who labored tirelessly for making vaccines for us.
Center Govt ought to present vaccine for all with out age restrictions. Let’s struggle #Covid collectively! pic.twitter.com/0xPLaXHY64
— Manish Sisodia (@msisodia) April 3, 2021
After receiving the vaccine, the Minister spoke to the media and mentioned that every one Delhi government-run hospitals have satisfactory vaccines and folks want to go to the centres to get the pictures. He mentioned a lockdown is no resolution to comprise COVID-19, solely mass vaccination can break the rising chain of the virus.
He added that though the Centre has allowed vaccination for these above the age of 45 years, it must be open for all.
“We have to break the coronavirus chain. This is the only way to control the situation,” Sisodia mentioned.
When requested if the Delhi authorities will request the Centre to permit the mass drive, the Minister mentioned: “Across the world wherever Covid-19 cases have surged for a second or third time, emphasis was given to a mass vaccination drive for all. We need to break the chain and this can happen only through vaccination, tracing and testing.”
Delhi has witnessed a surge in Covid-19 instances in the previous couple of weeks. On Friday, the capital metropolis reported 3,594 new infections.
