New Delhi: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Wednesday (May 26) lashed out at the Centre holding it answerable for the shortage of vaccines within the nation.
Saying that the state governments are usually not allowed to import vaccines, Kejriwal careworn that it’s the Centre’s accountability to supply vaccines.
The CM drew an analogy between the necessity for vaccines throughout the pandemic and the necessity for tanks throughout wars.
“Why isn’t this country buying vaccines? We can’t leave it on states. Our country is at war against COVID-19. If Pakistan attacks India, will we leave states on their own? Will UP buy its own tanks or Delhi its own arms?” Kejriwal stated in a web based briefing.
“As per my knowledge, no state govt has been able to procure a single dose of vaccine till now. Vaccine companies have denied speaking to the state governments,” he added.
Highlighting the acute shortage of vaccines within the nationwide capital and throughout the nation, Kejriwal stated that a number of vaccination centres for the 18-44 age group are shut.
“There’s no vaccine in Delhi. For four days vaccination centres for the 18-44 age group are shut and not just here but across India, several centres are shut. Today when we should have opened new centres, we are shutting the existing ones, which is not good,” he stated.
Kejriwal stated that it was a time for each states and the Centre to unite and work collectively.
“We need to work as Team India. It’s the Centre’s responsibility to provide vaccines, not states. If we delay it more, don’t know how many more lives will be lost,” he stated.
Earlier this week, Kejriwal appealed to the Centre to import COVID-19 vaccines after Pfizer and Moderna refused to instantly promote to the Delhi authorities.
Kejriwal up to now few days has urged the Centre to permit extra corporations in India to fabricate COVID-19 vaccines in view of the alleged shortage of vaccines within the nationwide capital. He additionally stated that the Centre ought to formulate a nationwide coverage to vaccinate each individual throughout the subsequent few months by growing the manufacturing.
He stated that not simply two, however a number of corporations needs to be engaged in vaccine manufacturing, and the Central Government ought to take the method for producing the vaccine from these two corporations and provides it to all these corporations which may safely make the vaccines.
