Half Covid jab export, open vaccination for all who need it, Rahul tells Prime Minister

Half Covid jab export, open vaccination for all who need it, Rahul tells Prime Minister

Half Covid jab export, open vaccination for all who need it, Rahul tells Prime Minister

New Delhi : Epidemic politics took a new turn on Friday when Congress leader Rahul Gandhi wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi asking why Covid vaccines were being exported during the famine in India and demanding immediate suspension of exports to meet local needs.

The letter was written a day after Modi told senior ministers that the vaccine would have to be prioritized due to the limited availability of the drug "for everyone who needs it and hasten the approval of pending vaccines as a matter of course".

Gandhi, in a bid to the Prime Minister, said, "There is no clear reason why the government should allow large-scale vaccine delivery. At a time when our nation is facing a famine, more than 6 crore doses of vaccines have been passed."

The premier on Thursday said some people were playing politics with policies.

"Was the vaccination campaign also" an oversight ", like many other decisions of this government, or an attempt to get advertising for our citizens' expense?" Gandhi responded on Friday, after non-BJP nations - Maharashtra, Punjab, Chhattisgarh and Delhi - wanted to say more about vaccination strategies, including the expansion of the vaccine program, which currently covers only 45 people.

On Thursday, the premier defended the strategy, saying it was in line with globalization. The Prime Minister told the CMs to fill in the relevant people first and then focus on the test.

Half Covid jab export, open vaccination for all who need it, Rahul tells Prime Minister

Half Covid jab export, open vaccination for all who need it, Rahul tells Prime Minister

The premier said the vaccine was a long-term strategy and testing was key to Covid Containment.

Congress, however, wanted a universal vaccine.

On Friday Gandhi accused the Prime Minister of undermining the efforts of scientists "by misuse and surveillance".

Gandhi said India had gained a lot of experience in designing and implementing some of the world's largest vaccines but in the current situation, we were able to vaccinate fully under one percent of the population in three months while the most populous nations were able to vaccinate more people.

"The governments of the world have repeatedly pointed out the shortage of prescription drugs only to find irrefutable statements by the Minister of Health of the Opposition in the countries ruled by the Opposition, undermining the solidarity with you which you have emphasized as important," Gandhi said. of 1.31 lakh on Friday.

Asked about the vaccination policy, Gandhi said, "Was the vaccination campaign also a precautionary measure or an attempt to get advertising for our citizens' money?"

Recognizing that the distribution of centralization and individual propaganda is counterproductive to productivity, Gandhi said since public health is a state, provinces should get a voice in vaccination programs.

“The tribes have been transferred from the purchase of medicine until they are registered. In addition, a large proportion of the poor have been excluded as a result of compulsory online registration, ”he said, demanding support for vaccine manufacturers to improve production, speed up pending drug approval, re-budgeting of vaccines and expansion of vaccines for those in need.