Centre Should Give Free Covid-19 Vaccine To Poor: Maharashtra Health Minister Earlier in the day, Harsh Vardhan said in Delhi that free vaccine would be provided in the first phase of inoculation PTI 02 January 2021 Rajesh Tope/ Facebook PTI 2021-01-02T16:44:19+05:30 Centre Should Give Free Covid-19 Vaccine To Poor: Maharashtra Health Minister outlookindia.com 2021-01-02T18:07:22+05:30 The Centre should ensure that poor people in Maharashtra get the Covid-19 vaccine free of cost, state Health Minister Rajesh Tope said on Saturday. When asked whether the Maharashtra government would provide free vaccine to the poor if the Centre fails to do so, the health minister said, "We won't leave the poor in the lurch".