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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan slammed those who are spreading false and misinformation about Phase III Strategy of Covid-19 Vaccination. Taking to his blog, the Union Minister said the need of the hour is a greater degree of shared idealism.
“In any battle, time is of the greatest essence. While the dreaded disease is spreading like a tsunami, it was critical to ease the controls and allow a free hand to the state governments as well as the private sector. Hence, under the table guidance of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, we decided to ease the vaccination policy norms,” Dr Harsh Vardhan wrote.
He said that it is unfortunate that an “attempt is being made to spread a great deal of misinformation” about the “most important phase of vaccination”.
Dr Harsh Vardhan said that so far, over 14 crore vaccine doses have been administered by the states, and another few crore vaccines are in stock, and so far, all the doses have been given free by the Centre to state governments.
“As per the new policy, even after the launch of the third phase of vaccination starting 1st of May 2021, the Government of India’s pricing shall continue for the free distribution bracket. Just as before, the Centre will continue giving vaccine doses from its 50 per cent quota to the states and UTs for free. These vaccines shall continue to be administered by states and Union Territories,” he noted.
“Sadly, I am also compelled to point out that there are certain political leaders who have chosen to indulge in needless politics on the issue of vaccination and are spreading misinformation at every step, whether it is about the efficacy or about pricing,” he said, and “appealed” to these political parties to put the success of vaccination program above everything else so that people’s lives can be saved.
