Rahul Gandhi asked what the prime minister thinks about inoculating everyone with the COVID-19 vaccine.
Highlight
- The government never spoke of vaccinating the entire country: Secretary of Health
- During the Bihar survey, the finance minister promised “free Covid vaccine for all”
- Prime Minister Narendra Modi recently visited facilities working on vaccines for India
New Delhi:
The leader of Congress, Rahul Gandhi, attacked the center today for his statement that he had never spoken of inoculating everyone with the COVID-19 vaccine in his latest attack on the government amid the pandemic that has affected 95.3 lakhs of people in the country.
On twitter, the former president of Congress cited differences in statements by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government and the BJP on the advance vaccine for COVID-19 and asked “exactly what is the prime minister expecting.”
PM- Everyone will receive the vaccine.
BJP in Bihar Elections: Everyone in Bihar will receive a free vaccine.
Now, GOI- I never said that everyone would get the vaccine.
What exactly is the PM expecting?
– Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 3, 2020
The center said Tuesday that it may not be necessary to vaccinate the entire country’s population against COVID-19 if a critical mass of people is injected to break the chain of transmission of the virus, and made clear that it had never been talked about inoculating everyone. .
“I just want to make this clear that the government has never talked about vaccinating the entire country. It is important that we discuss these scientific issues based solely on factual information and then analyze them,” said Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan.
Bhushan’s remarks came three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the three key facilities that are working on a vaccine. The prime minister’s office said the visit was aimed at helping him get a “first-hand perspective on the preparations, challenges and roadmap in India’s effort to vaccinate its citizens.”
Last month, the BJP came under fire after Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, while launching the party’s manifesto for the Bihar elections, promised “free coronavirus vaccination for all.”
The announcement was met with surprise and outrage from opposition leaders, leaving the BJP rejecting allegations that it was using the promise of a vaccine, for a fatal infectious disease that has already killed more than 1.21 lakh in alone. India, for your political agenda.
This morning, India recorded 35,551 new COVID-19 infections, bringing the country’s coronavirus case count to 95.3 lakh. Up to 526 people also lost their lives to the highly viral disease in this period. With this, a total of 1,38,648 people have lost their lives to Covid so far.
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