Congress leader Rahul Gandhi Wednesday accused the Central government of hiding the actual coronavirus death figures, even as he urged people to raise their voice for universal free vaccination. GOI is hiding actual Covid deaths, he said in a tweet, tagging a media report that conducted a survey on who people thought were responsible for coronavirus deaths. Gandhi also launched a campaign to pressure the government for universal free vaccination in the country. Vaccine is the strongest protection against the corona pandemic. You should also raise your voice for providing free vaccination to the people of the country - wake up the central government, he said on Twitter, using the hashtag #SpeakUpForFreeUniversalVaccination.
More than 1.57 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses are still available with states and UTs to be administered, the Union Health Ministry said on Tuesday. The Centre has so far provided, both through the free of cost and through direct state procurement categories, more than 23 crore vaccine doses to states and UTs. Of this, the total consumption, including wastages, is 21,51,48,659 doses, the ministry said. More than 1.57 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses (1,57,74,331) are still available with the states and UTs to be administered, it said. As part of the nationwide vaccination drive, the Centre has been supporting the States and UTs by providing them vaccines free of cost. In addition, it has also been facilitating direct procurement of vaccines by the states and UTs.
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