Congress demands White Paper on Centre’s vaccination policy

The Congress on Thursday demanded a White Paper on the Centre’s vaccination policy and asserted that ‘accelerated vaccination’ was the one solution to stop a 3rd wave of coronavirus in India.

Addressing a web-based press convention, former Union Minister Rajeev Shukla additionally cautioned the federal government about rising an infection in rural areas, the dearth of well being infrastructure and the necessity for Prime Minister Narendra Modi to work along with States to step up medical services and vaccinate an increasing number of individuals in rural areas.

“We demand that the government issue a White Paper on its vaccination policy for all to know how many vaccines have been procured and are in the pipeline to vaccinate all Indians,” Mr. Shukla stated.

“This is not the time to indulge in image-building. Forget about your image, save people’s lives instead. Set aside your image management and put together all your energies in helping people come out of COVID-19. Try and take everyone together,” he added.

According to consultants, round 90 lakh individuals need to be vaccinated day by day to interrupt the chain of the virus, however the present vaccination charge may be very gradual. He additionally steered that the federal government make the vaccine accessible within the open market for individuals who can afford to pay for it.

“If the virus chain does not break, then the third wave is imminent. I would urge the Central government and the Prime Minister to procure vaccines on a war footing and negotiate on behalf of the States,” the Congress chief stated.

Mr. Shukla, who’s is in-charge of the occasion’s Himachal Pradesh affairs, stated COVID-19 was spreading in villages and rising an infection in villages was a reason for fear as there weren’t satisfactory testing services, hospitals, docs and medical infrastructure in rural areas.