Prime Minister Modi is addressing the nation as the number of COVID-19 cases have shown a gradual decline.
Prime Minister Modi is addressing the nation as the number of COVID-19 cases have shown a gradual decline.
As the second wave of COVID-19 in the country is showing signs of ebbing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation on Monday, 7 June announced centralisation of the COVID-19 vaccine drive and said that all vaccines will be procured by the Centre and given to the states for free.
“The 25% of vaccination work with states will now be handled by the Centre, it will be implemented in the coming two weeks. Both State and Centre to work as per new guidelines in the coming two weeks,†he said.
PM Modi announced that the Centre will provide all vaccines for free to all the states from 21 June.
He further said that the Centre has supported the vaccine manufacturers and scientists for producing vaccines before the other countries of the world started work on it.
He said that the vaccination being decentralised was a demand by the states. “There was also a campaign run in sections of the media about these demands,†he said.
He said that after pressure from several states and stakeholders, the decision was taken to let states procure vaccines themselves.
“States started seeing the problems in procuring vaccines themselves. They started gauging how difficult it is to go about the processes,†adding that several states have now again started advocating for centralization of vaccination drive.
Stressing on the importance of the vaccination drive, he said that vaccination is the only way forward against COVID-19 and lauded India’s efforts to produce two vaccines in India and having administered over 23 crore doses.
“Imagine, if we didn’t have vaccines made in India, how would have the country tackled the pandemic? If you see the history of 50-60 years, it would take at least a decade for various vaccines to come to India. Whether Polio or Small Pox or Hepatitis B, the nation has had to wait for them for years,†PM Modi claimed.
“Only 60% vaccine coverage was there in India (against various diseases) when we took over in 2014. The pace with which it was going, it would have taken 40 years for the country to get vaccinated,†adding that the government launched the Indradhanush campaign which has now led to 90% of the country being vaccinated against these diseases in a span of 5-6 years.
As the second wave of COVID-19 in the country is showing signs of ebbing, Prime Minister Narendra Modi while addressing the nation on Monday, 7 June announced centralisation of the COVID-19 vaccine drive and said that all vaccines will be procured by the Centre and given to the states for free.
“The 25% of vaccination work with states will now be handled by the Centre, it will be implemented in the coming two weeks. Both State and Centre to work as per new guidelines in the coming two weeks,†he said.
PM Modi announced that the Centre will provide all vaccines for free to all the states from 21 June.
He further said that the Centre has supported the vaccine manufacturers and scientists for producing vaccines before the other countries of the world started work on it.
He said that the vaccination being decentralised was a demand by the states. “There was also a campaign run in sections of the media about these demands,†he said.
He said that after pressure from several states and stakeholders, the decision was taken to let states procure vaccines themselves.
“States started seeing the problems in procuring vaccines themselves. They started gauging how difficult it is to go about the processes,†adding that several states have now again started advocating for centralization of vaccination drive.
Stressing on the importance of the vaccination drive, he said that vaccination is the only way forward against COVID-19 and lauded India’s efforts to produce two vaccines in India and having administered over 23 crore doses.
“Imagine, if we didn’t have vaccines made in India, how would have the country tackled the pandemic? If you see the history of 50-60 years, it would take at least a decade for various vaccines to come to India. Whether Polio or Small Pox or Hepatitis B, the nation has had to wait for them for years,†PM Modi claimed.
“Only 60% vaccine coverage was there in India (against various diseases) when we took over in 2014. The pace with which it was going, it would have taken 40 years for the country to get vaccinated,†adding that the government launched the Indradhanush campaign which has now led to 90% of the country being vaccinated against these diseases in a span of 5-6 years.