Though the PM is shown without a mask, and masks are considered necessary even for the vaccinated, the MoS for Health said the certificate aims at ensuring "critical messages are disseminated to people in the most effective manner."
At a time when vaccine shortage is being reported across the country, government data has shown that only 17 per cent of doses were utilised in private hospitals last month, leaving them with massive unused stock.
Supreme Court Raises Concern Over Digital Divide On Vaccine Policy Supreme Court Raises Concern Over Digital Divide On Vaccine Policy The top court, for the second time in a week, on Wednesday discussed the government s decisions to distribute vaccines as the country fights a fresh wave of Covid.
India began the world s largest vaccination drive on January 16.
Only four per cent of the country s rural households and 23 per cent of urban households have computers, according to a national survey, the Supreme Court has said, expressing concern over the centre s vaccine policy while highlighting the gaping digital divide in India. There is a digital divide between urban and rural households. Vaccination policy relying on a digital portal would be unable to meet (the) target, the top court said in an order dated May 31, referring to CoWin, the government s online platform for vaccine registration.
A 12 year old has filed a petition in Delhi High Court seeking direction to vaccinate children between 12-17 year age group immediately. The petition seeking immediate inoculation of children comes amid warnings that the third wave of Covid-19 is most likely to affect children.
The Nath Panti Gosavi Samaj Sanstha houses some of the most marginalised communities. Distrust of the system and the absence of an awareness drive by the government have seen the inoculation drive fall flat.