The Blueprint for India s Vaccination Drive Was Always in Its Industries Supply Chains
Even if the Centre acknowledges the huge blunders it has made in this entire effort and starts fixing the loopholes, we can still make it work.
People wait to receive a dose of COVID-19 vaccine at a vaccination centre in Assam s Nagaon district, Monday, May 24, 2021. Photo: PTI
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It has been more than four months since our vaccination drive started. So far, we have been able to administer a little over 19.6 crore doses to 14.7 crore people. While daily vaccinations peaked at 42 lakhs on April 2, 2021, the pace has been slowing down in the last few days.
The Congress on Wednesday said positivity could be spread through constructive action, arguing that emphasis should be on providing immediate relief to citizens devastated by the pandemic instead of “hiding the truth of India’s pain” through propaganda.
The Opposition party was responding to the “Positivity Unlimited” lecture series started by the RSS and the BJP’s all-out effort to defend the Narendra Modi government’s performance in fighting Covid-19.
The Congress ran a counter-campaign saying the ruling establishment wanted to hide its sins by using the power of propaganda. The Congress’s campaign asked a key question: “Will positivity help the patients breathe?”
Centre took more than six months to put its act together on the domestic front and shortlisted three PSUs only by April 2021 for technology transfer of Covaxin.
Govt seeing opportunity in crisis by imposing GST on COVID vaccines, medicines: Congress
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Last Updated: May 12, 2021, 09:55 PM IST
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Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh also claimed that had the government taken steps at the right time, the second wave of coronavirus would not have struck India and lives of people saved.
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The Congress on Wednesday accused the government of seeing an opportunity in crisis by imposing GST on COVID vaccines and medicines and claimed that it has collected over Rs 6,000 crore from such taxes. Congress spokesperson Gaurav Vallabh also claimed that had the government taken steps at the right time, the second wave of coronavirus would not have struck India and lives of people saved.