Free /Fri?/ Costing Nothing, Or Paid For: Rahul Gandhi Explains The Meaning Of ‘Free’ Vaccines
Rahul Gandhi and his party have been demanding free Covid-19 vaccination for all citizens. They have also termed the centre s new vaccination policy discriminatory. File photo Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-29T13:22:48+05:30 Free /Fri?/ Costing Nothing, Or Paid For: Rahul Gandhi Explains The Meaning Of ‘Free’ Vaccines outlookindia.com 2021-04-29T13:25:08+05:30
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Ever since the vaccination drive has started, Congress leader Rahul Gandhi on Thursday demanded free Covid-19 vaccination for all Indians. He sent out a tweet with the dictionary meaning and usage of the word free to stress his point. Free /fri?/ adjective, adverb costing nothing, or not needing to be paid for, he wrote, and then went on to illustrate the usage of word free through two examples relevant to his demands, India must get free Covid vaccine. All citizens m
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(L-R): Covishield; Illustration by Bandeep Singh; Covaxin
The mega vaccination drive has already kicked off across with India with
over 3.8 lakh people inoculated with the Covid-19 vaccine so far. Besides, 580 adverse events following immunisation were reported in the country and two out of seven people who developed severe adverse symptoms after receiving the first jab died.