Instead Of Waiting At The Borders, Carry Out A Surgical Strike On Covid: Bombay HC To Centre
The Bombay High Court Wednesday asked the Centre to consider door-to-door vaccination in Maharashtra
Outlook Web Bureau 09 June 2021, Last Updated at 2:48 pm PTI Outlook Web Bureau 2021-06-09T14:43:59+05:30 Instead Of Waiting At The Borders, Carry Out A Surgical Strike On Covid: Bombay HC To Centre outlookindia.com 2021-06-09T14:48:04+05:30
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Hitting out at the Centre over its handling of the Covid crisis, the Bombay High Court Wednesday said that while the government has taken decisions keeping in mind the welfare of the public, it has delayed implementing its decisions, which has resulted in thousands of people losing their lives.
Withdraw the new vaccine policy: Central trade unions to government
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“The vaccine policy announced by the government puts corporate profits above the precious lives of people. Today, it is crucial to strictly regulate, under direct government supervision, the entire vaccination process to ensure that the entire population is vaccinated within a definite time frame,” the 10 central trade unions said in a letter to the Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday.
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The joint platform of 10 central trade unions have asked the government to withdraw the new vaccine policy, which they call as pro-corporate as well as discriminatory, and take immediate measures to ensure free of cost universal vaccination to all utilising the funds from the PM care fund.
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