Actively Monitor Private COVID-19 Vaccine manufacturers: Kejriwal to Centre

TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Vaccination only solution Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged the Centre to “actively monitor and supervise” private COVID-19 vaccine manufacturers in the country and ensure adequate availability and uniform price of the vaccine doses to states and Union territories.

The central government should make available to the states/UTs the requisite number of vaccine doses to enable vaccination of all its citizens, he said.

In a letter to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, Mr Kejriwal said the Union government should direct vaccine manufacturers–Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech–to increase their monthly supplies to Delhi to 6 million doses per month during May-July, for achieving the target of vaccinating all in the city.

Citing “glitches” in CoWIN mobile application with regard to vaccination registration, the Delhi CM also sought permission for states/UTs to develop their own apps or other mechanisms for the same.