Indiaâs Covid vaccination policy just became political and perverse
Having different procurement channels and varying prices for vaccines threatens to undermine the inoculation programme.
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âThe nationâs goal must be to ensure that everyone over the age of 18 years is given the vaccine, regardless of their economic circumstances,â Congress Parliamentary Party chairperson Sonia Gandhi
wrote to prime minister Narendra Modi. How could it be right, she asked, for the same vaccine to be supplied âat three different pricesâ? She was referring to the new pricing and procurement policy for Phase 3 of Indiaâs Covid vaccination programme that the health ministry