Supreme Court criticism, pressure forced vaccine policy U-turn: Opposition leaders
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court criticism, pressure forced vaccine policy U-turn: Opposition leaders

The Hindu  

Opposition leaders across the spectrum on Monday claimed that Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s new vaccination policy of providing free vaccines to all adults in government hospitals from June 21 has been driven by the Supreme Court’s criticism of its policy and constant pressure from political rivals. While several chief ministers of Opposition-ruled States thanked the Prime Minister for ‘reversing’ the Centre’s earlier policy of asking them to buy directly from vaccine producers and offering the vaccines free of cost, several Opposition leaders argued that such a decision should have been taken right at the start of the vaccination programme, pointing out that the delay cost many lives. Addressing a virtual press conference, Congress chief spokesperson Randeep Surjewala said the Prime Minister’s announcement partially met the Congress’ demand for a free universal vaccination and even now, a person may have spend anywhere between ₹1,900 to ₹2,700 for two doses if he is ‘forced’ to get vaccinated at a private hospital because of non-availability of vaccines in a government hospital or opts for a private hospital. The government did not listen to the Opposition and then the Supreme Court had to step in,” said CPI general secretary D. Raja, adding, “Vaccination is the government's responsibility; it is not an act of charity” RJD MP Manoj Jha pointed out that BJP leaders had held press conferences to “run down the demands made by the Opposition parties but has now been forced to accept them after the Supreme Court’s observation”.

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‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea
1 month, 2 weeks ago

‘Dire implications’: Experts warn Trump could spark global health crisis with latest idea

Raw Story  

Over the weekend Donald Trump said he is considering a ban on not just vaccine mandates, but vaccines themselves—an extension of his embrace of Robert F. Kennedy Jr. He is expected to put RFK Jr., a known AIDS denialist and anti-vaccine conspiracy theorist and purveyor of vaccine misinformation who has likened the use of vaccines to the "holocaust," in charge …

'Force to Reckon With in Near Future': Ex-ICMR DG Praises Govt’s 'Deliberate' Call to Give Free Covid Jabs
1 year, 9 months ago

'Force to Reckon With in Near Future': Ex-ICMR DG Praises Govt’s 'Deliberate' Call to Give Free Covid Jabs

News 18  

It was the Narendra Modi government’s deliberate and concerted decision to deliver free Covid-19 vaccines to everyone in India unlike other countries where vaccines were sold at exorbitant prices, Dr Balram Bhargava, former director general of Indian Council of Medical Research, has said. “The issue of the pricing of vaccines in India was a deliberate effort of the government to …

A shot in the arm: Supreme Court calls for review of COVID vaccine mandates
2 years, 7 months ago

A shot in the arm: Supreme Court calls for review of COVID vaccine mandates

The Hindu  

The lack of transparency in assessing scientific evidence for the approval and administration of vaccines has been the subject of dispute with regard to India’s vaccine policy. The petitioner, Jacob Puliyel, a former member of the Central government’s National Technical Advisory Group on Immunisation, sought the release of vaccine trial data for all phases, detailed minutes of the NTAGI, the …

COVID-19: Supreme Court upholds individual’s right against forcible vaccination
2 years, 7 months ago

COVID-19: Supreme Court upholds individual’s right against forcible vaccination

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court on Monday upheld both the right of an individual against forcible vaccination and the government’s current vaccination policy to protect communitarian health, but found certain vaccine mandates imposed by State governments/Union Territories, which tend to deny access to basic welfare measures and freedom of movement to unvaccinated individuals, disproportionate. “With respect to bodily integrity and personal autonomy …

Vaccine Mandate Case : Supreme Court Refuses To Take Into Account Developments Subsequent To Reserving Of Judgment
2 years, 8 months ago

Vaccine Mandate Case : Supreme Court Refuses To Take Into Account Developments Subsequent To Reserving Of Judgment

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, did not permit Advocate, Mr. Amit Anand Tiwari, AAG, State of Tamil Nadu to mention the matter pertaining to the vaccine mandates and non-disclosure of the clinical trial data of COVID-19 vaccines. On 22nd March, the Court had reserved that judgment in a plea, inter alia, seeking directions to the Union Government to publicize the …

'My Right To Not Be Infected Would Outweigh Other's Right Of Not Being Vaccinated': Solicitor General Submits Before Supreme Court In Vaccine Mandate Matter
2 years, 9 months ago

'My Right To Not Be Infected Would Outweigh Other's Right Of Not Being Vaccinated': Solicitor General Submits Before Supreme Court In Vaccine Mandate Matter

Live Law  

The Supreme Court, on Monday, continued hearing submissions made by the Solicitor General of India, Mr. Tushar Mehta in the plea seeking directions to the Central Government to publicize the data pertaining to the clinical trials of the COVID-19 vaccines administered in India and their post vaccine efficacy as per the requirement of the International medical norms. In this regard …

Vaccines Can't Be Mandated Without Evidence That Unvaccinated Persons Pose Health Risk : Prashant Bhushan Argues In Supreme Court
2 years, 9 months ago

Vaccines Can't Be Mandated Without Evidence That Unvaccinated Persons Pose Health Risk : Prashant Bhushan Argues In Supreme Court

Live Law  

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court began the final hearing in the plea, inter alia, questioning the constitutionality of the vaccine mandates imposed by States, particularly, Delhi, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Tamil Nadu. It is pertinent to note that apart from challenging vaccine mandates, the petitioner had also sought the indulgence of the Apex Court to issue directions to the concerned …

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?

Associated Press  

More than half the states are pursuing renewed legal challenges against a requirement from President Joe Biden’s administration for millions of healthcare workers across the U.S. to be vaccinated against COVID-19. The lawsuits argued in part that the mandates exceeded federal executive powers and infringed on states’ rights to regulate public health matters. Where it stands: The U.S. Supreme Court …

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?
2 years, 10 months ago

What’s the status of Biden’s COVID-19 vaccine mandates?

LA Times  

President Biden promotes COVID-19 vaccinations during an appearance in Elk Grove Village, Ill., on Oct. 7, 2021 A group of states is renewing a challenge to a federal mandate that millions of healthcare workers across the U.S. be vaccinated. More than half the states are pursuing renewed legal challenges against a requirement from the Biden administration for millions of healthcare …

Approach High Courts Against Vaccine Mandates Of States : Supreme Court Suggests To Petitioner
2 years, 10 months ago

Approach High Courts Against Vaccine Mandates Of States : Supreme Court Suggests To Petitioner

Live Law  

On Monday, the Supreme Court expressed concern that it might not be able to decide specific cases of vaccine mandates imposed by the State Governments and other authorities and the same can be taken up by the respective High Courts. Later, the Petitioner, Dr. Jacob Puliyel, had filed an application assailing specific vaccine mandates imposed by State Governments of Madhya …

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?
2 years, 10 months ago

EXPLAINER: Who must follow Biden’s vaccine mandates?

Associated Press  

Millions of health care workers across the U.S. now must be vaccinated against COVID-19 as a result of a mandate from President Joe Biden’s administration. Where it stands: The U.S. Supreme Court on Jan. 13 lifted injunctions that had been issued by lower courts prohibiting enforcement of the health care vaccine mandate in about half the states. What’s next: CMS …

Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine rule
2 years, 11 months ago

Supreme Court skeptical of Biden’s workplace vaccine rule

Associated Press  

WASHINGTON — Fully vaccinated and mostly masked, the Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared skeptical Friday of the Biden administration’s authority to impose a vaccine-or-testing requirement on the nation’s large employers. “This is something the federal government has never done before,” Chief Justice John Roberts said, casting doubt on the administration’s argument that a half-century-established law, the Occupational Safety and Health …

Sturgeon to press Prime Minister on vaccines for developing countries
3 years ago

Sturgeon to press Prime Minister on vaccines for developing countries

The Independent  

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy First Minister Nicola Sturgeon has said she plans to write …

State Must Not Drag Its Feet and Make Covid Vaccination Mandatory for All Adults
3 years ago

State Must Not Drag Its Feet and Make Covid Vaccination Mandatory for All Adults

News 18  

We live in times when the state is expected to be decisive, unyielding and uncompromising in national interest. Take for instance, the curious service charge price cap of Rs 150 for the private sector, taking away any incentive the market may have to join the vaccination drive. There is no reason people will pay for vaccines in private sector hospitals …

Mandating Vaccines: Actually The Way Forward?
3 years, 1 month ago

Mandating Vaccines: Actually The Way Forward?

Live Law  

Recently, the Meghalaya High Court held the Meghalaya Government's order of mandating vaccinations for vendors, taxi drivers and other business as unconstitutional. The aforesaid mandatory orders have sparked the question of what must gain precedence – the government's duty to protect the health of its citizens by getting everyone vaccinated or an individual's right to privacy, liberty and bodily autonomy …

Narendra Modi calls for door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 1 month ago

Narendra Modi calls for door-to-door COVID-19 vaccination

The Hindu  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday held a review meeting with senior officials of districts having low COVID vaccination coverage. Micro strategies The Prime Minister asked the officials to develop micro strategies keeping in mind the experience so far to go for saturation coverage of vaccination by addressing the gaps at local level. Directing officials to prepare region-wise timetables for …

Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance
3 years, 2 months ago

Biden, a convert to vaccine mandates, champions compliance

Associated Press  

ELK GROVE VILLAGE, Il. — President Joe Biden on Thursday championed COVID-19 vaccination requirements, determined that the roughly 67 million unvaccinated American adults must get the shot even as he acknowledged that mandates weren’t his “first instinct.” Biden had ruled out such requirements before taking office in January, but they now are a tactic he feels forced into using by …

Why Biden Has Taken Up Vaccine Mandates And The Political Fight Over Them
3 years, 2 months ago

Why Biden Has Taken Up Vaccine Mandates And The Political Fight Over Them

NPR  

Why Biden Has Taken Up Vaccine Mandates And The Political Fight Over Them Enlarge this image toggle caption Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images Jim Watson/AFP via Getty Images For months, President Biden resisted COVID-19 vaccination mandates because he didn't want to make the vaccines any more politicized than they already were. The bottom line on the business requirements, Biden said …

Supreme Court Disposes PIL Seeking Free Vaccination; Grants Liberty To Petitioner To Assist In Suo Motu Case
3 years, 3 months ago

Supreme Court Disposes PIL Seeking Free Vaccination; Grants Liberty To Petitioner To Assist In Suo Motu Case

Live Law  

The bench headed by Justice D. Y. Chandrachud noted that the instant petition was filed by Social Democratic Party of India on May 10 in the midst of the second wave of the pandemic and that by the order of May 31 of the Supreme Court in its suo motu cognisance of the COVID-related issues, the concerns of the petitioner-in-person …

Column: Here’s why Biden’s vaccine mandate is right — and should stand up to legal challenges
3 years, 3 months ago

Column: Here’s why Biden’s vaccine mandate is right — and should stand up to legal challenges

LA Times  

President Biden announcing his plan to stop the spread of the Delta variant and boost COVID-19 vaccinations on Thursday. Harlan saw no problem with constraining “liberty” in the name of public welfare: “In every well-ordered society charged with the duty of conserving the safety of its members the rights of the individual in respect of his liberty may at times, …

OPINION: With 1 Crore Jabs in a Day, Indian State Has Given Befitting Reply to Detractors
3 years, 3 months ago

OPINION: With 1 Crore Jabs in a Day, Indian State Has Given Befitting Reply to Detractors

News 18  

As of Friday, India had vaccinated over 50 per cent of its eligible population with at least one dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Be it encouraging vaccine hesitancy, to confusing state government and central government powers, to spinning carefully selected communal narratives around super-spreader events while shielding other super-spreader events from criticism, the entire list essentially reads as a chargesheet …

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Disclosure Of Clinical Trial & Efficacy Data Of COVID Vaccines; Refuses To Halt Compulsory Vaccination Mandate
3 years, 4 months ago

Supreme Court Issues Notice On Plea For Disclosure Of Clinical Trial & Efficacy Data Of COVID Vaccines; Refuses To Halt Compulsory Vaccination Mandate

Live Law  

The Supreme Court on Monday issued notice on a Public Interest Litigation seeking public disclosure of clinical trial data and post vaccination efficacy data of COVID vaccines, as is required by International medical norms, and to stop the coercive mandate issued by various governments for vaccination.The Court issued notice to the Union of India, the Indian Council of Medical. The …

SC refuses to stay compulsory vaccination, seeks Centre's response on Covid vaccine trial data
3 years, 4 months ago

SC refuses to stay compulsory vaccination, seeks Centre's response on Covid vaccine trial data

India Today  

India already has the problem of Covid vaccine hesitancy and no message must come from the court challenging the efficacy of vaccines, the Supreme Court said while hearing a petition on Monday. Although the Supreme Court refused to impose an interim stay on compulsory vaccination, it issued notices to the Centre, Health Ministry, ICMR and vaccine manufacturers on the disclosure …

What You Need To Know About COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Right Now
3 years, 4 months ago

What You Need To Know About COVID-19 Vaccine Mandates Right Now

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention announced Tuesday that people in certain high-risk places across the country are advised to mask up indoors once again, a distressing sign that a full recovery from the pandemic is still, frustratingly, out of reach. “It’s become so politicized.” But so far, courts have come down on the side of …

[Covid-19] What Is The Factual Status Regarding Vaccines & Health Infrastructure? Patna High Court Asks State
3 years, 4 months ago

[Covid-19] What Is The Factual Status Regarding Vaccines & Health Infrastructure? Patna High Court Asks State

Live Law  

The Patna High Court recently directed the State to inform the Court regarding the factual status of vaccination, numbers of tests conducted and the health infrastructure available in the State. Chief Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice S. Kumar also noted that the State had failed to take any decision regarding its previous order dated 13th May 2021, pertaining to declaration …

A tale of three court orders and the debate around mandatory vaccination
3 years, 5 months ago

A tale of three court orders and the debate around mandatory vaccination

Hindustan Times  

At a time vaccine hesitancy poses a serious challenge to the ongoing Covid-19 vaccination programme in India, at least three high courts in the country have set off a much needed legal debate around the feasibility of State-mandated persuasive measures to boost inoculation rate. While the Meghalaya high court has declared that mandatory vaccination “by force” violates fundamental rights, the …

Centre Gives Supreme Court Projection For 186-188 Crore Doses To Complete Vaccination By 2021 End
3 years, 5 months ago

Centre Gives Supreme Court Projection For 186-188 Crore Doses To Complete Vaccination By 2021 End

Live Law  

Ahead of the hearing in the suo moto COVID case on June 30, the Central Government has filed an affidavit in the Supreme Court, in the light of several issues flagged by the Court with respect to the earlier vaccination policy.As directed by the Court, the Centre has given details about the projection of vaccine availability from five approved vaccines …

Took back charge of vaccine drive on states’ request: Centre
3 years, 5 months ago

Took back charge of vaccine drive on states’ request: Centre

Hindustan Times  

The Union government took back charge of sourcing and supplying vaccines to states after as many as 13 chief ministers wrote to it with a request for a reset of the policy, the Centre informed the Supreme Court on Saturday. “The said decision to review the strategy was taken after receipt of letters from 13 Hon’ble chief ministers as well …

PM Modi reviews vaccination drive, expresses satisfaction, stresses on NGOs help for better outreach
3 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi reviews vaccination drive, expresses satisfaction, stresses on NGOs help for better outreach

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday held a meeting with top officials to review the progress of vaccination and Covid situation in the country. The Prime Minister was also briefed about the vaccine coverage among healthcare workers, frontline workers and general population in various states. 3.77 crore people administered vaccine in last 6 days PM Modi was informed that 3.77 …

PM Modi reviews vaccination progress, lauds rise in daily jabs, stresses on pace of testing
3 years, 5 months ago

PM Modi reviews vaccination progress, lauds rise in daily jabs, stresses on pace of testing

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi chaired a review meet on Covid-19 vaccines on Saturday. The virtual meeting, which began at 5 pm, was attended by senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office, the Health Secretary and NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul. @Rahulshrivstv gets us inside details of PM's meet on vaccination.#CoronavirusPandemic #CoronaVaccine pic.twitter.com/5cEecnQ57N — IndiaToday June 26, 2021 Officials told …

Day 1 of India's new COVID-19 vaccine policy: Record 85L doses administered, 'numbers gladdening', tweets PM
3 years, 6 months ago

Day 1 of India's new COVID-19 vaccine policy: Record 85L doses administered, 'numbers gladdening', tweets PM

Firstpost  

Madhya Pradesh administered the highest number of vaccines today with 15,42,632 jabs, followed by Karnataka with 10,67,734, Uttar Pradesh with 6,74,546 India on Monday administered a record 85.96 lakh COVID-19 vaccine doses on day one of the country’s new inoculation strategy in which the Central Government provided free vaccines against COVID-19 to adults across states. The Centre’s new policy came …

'Will Create Vaccine Inequity' : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Centre's Policy To Sell 25% Vaccines To Private Hospitals
3 years, 6 months ago

'Will Create Vaccine Inequity' : Plea In Supreme Court Challenges Centre's Policy To Sell 25% Vaccines To Private Hospitals

Live Law  

Challenging the new policy adopted by the Central Government to reserve 25% of the domestically manufactured COVID vaccines for private hospitals, an application has been filed in the Supreme Court.The application filed by Rajya Sabha MP from Kerala and former mediaperson John Brittas and R Ramakumar, Professor at TISS, says that this policy will in effect "cause a reservation for …

Guj Minister Suggests Vaccination as Precondition for Free Central Grains, Draws Flak
3 years, 6 months ago

Guj Minister Suggests Vaccination as Precondition for Free Central Grains, Draws Flak

News 18  

Gujarat minister and BJP leader Yogesh Patel on Monday stirred controversy by suggesting that free food grains under the Central scheme be allotted only to the COVID-19 vaccinated people. Speaking to reporters in Vadodara, Patel said he will make a representation to Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and the new district collector of Vadodara about introducing a “new scheme”, apparently to …

Well done India! says PM Modi after over 80 lakh people get vaccinated in a day
3 years, 6 months ago

Well done India! says PM Modi after over 80 lakh people get vaccinated in a day

India TV News  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said the "record-breaking" vaccination numbers were "gladdening" as the country suceeded in administering more than 80 lakh vaccine doses on the first day of the revised guidelines. According to the revised guidelines that came into effect from Monday, vaccine doses provided free of cost by the Centre will be allocated to states and UTs …

Centralised free Covid vaccination policy for all adults kicks off today
3 years, 6 months ago

Centralised free Covid vaccination policy for all adults kicks off today

India TV News  

The centralised free vaccination policy began on Monday under which the government will provide free COVID-19 vaccine to all Indian citizens above 18 years of age. Prime Minister Narendra Modi made the announcement in a televised address to the nation and said the central government would take over the nationwide vaccination drive, and the Centre would procure 75 per cent …

EXPLAINER: How India is changing vaccine plan amid shortages
3 years, 6 months ago

EXPLAINER: How India is changing vaccine plan amid shortages

Associated Press  

NEW DELHI — Starting Monday, every adult in India will be eligible for a free vaccine paid for by the federal government. As hundreds of thousands of people became infected each day and hospitals overflowed with patients gasping for air, the states complained they weren’t getting enough shots from the federal government and clamored for more control over how the …

India's vaccination policy: A U-turn and a spin
3 years, 6 months ago

India's vaccination policy: A U-turn and a spin

The Hindu  

“The adeptness of the Bharatiya Janata Party and its associates in the Sangh Parivar at the politics of appropriation is well known. Indeed, this is a vulgar political record, but the latest propaganda drive that the Union government and the BJP are trying to launch on the basis of the revised vaccine policy announced by the Prime Minister recently must …

Explained | Why did the Centre reverse its COVID-19 vaccine policy?
3 years, 6 months ago

Explained | Why did the Centre reverse its COVID-19 vaccine policy?

The Hindu  

The story so far: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 7 reversed the Central government’s decentralised policy for procurement of COVID-19 vaccines, declaring that from June 21, vaccines for everyone above the age of 18 years would be procured by the Central government and distributed free to the States. The Centre’s announcement came after the Supreme Court on May 31 …

Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Private Hospitals To Return Remaining Vaccine Doses After Change In Centre's Vaccination Policy
3 years, 6 months ago

Madhya Pradesh High Court Allows Private Hospitals To Return Remaining Vaccine Doses After Change In Centre's Vaccination Policy

Live Law  

The Madhya Pradesh High Court on Thursday allowed the application filed by the private hospitals to return the remaining COVID-19 vaccine doses to the government, in view of the fact that the Central Government has changed its vaccination policy.A division bench of Chief Justice Mohammad Rafiq and Justice Sujoy Paul directed the hospitals to return the indicated number of Viles/vaccine …

Tax on Covid jabs: PM Modi's vaccine policy change may end dispute with states
3 years, 6 months ago

Tax on Covid jabs: PM Modi's vaccine policy change may end dispute with states

India Today  

Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation on Monday may bring a partial truce of sorts in the GST Council. However, the GST Council would have to take a final call on the tax applicable on the remaining 25% vaccines that will be delivered by private hospitals, said sources in the Union Health Ministry. As differences rose in the …

A necessary reversion: The Hindu Editorial on going back to free vaccines policy
3 years, 6 months ago

A necessary reversion: The Hindu Editorial on going back to free vaccines policy

The Hindu  

The Centre has announced a much-needed course correction in India’s vaccination policy with Prime Minister Narendra Modi taking the podium to announce that the month-old decision to leave States to procure vaccines on their own for their 18-44 population would be ending in two weeks. States were allowed to procure 25% of the vaccines manufactured and the Centre 50%, a …

Supreme Court has queries on role of private hospitals in COVID-19 vaccination
3 years, 6 months ago

Supreme Court has queries on role of private hospitals in COVID-19 vaccination

The Hindu  

The Supreme Court was worried about the role of private hospitals in COVID-19 vaccination, saying whether they would prefer profit over public health. The court’s anxiety is real and present as Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s speech on Monday revealed that private hospitals would retain their capacity to buy 25% of vaccine stock from the manufacturers. “Private hospitals also may not …

Adopt transparent policy in allocating vaccines, Congress tells government
3 years, 6 months ago

Adopt transparent policy in allocating vaccines, Congress tells government

The Hindu  

A day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi announced the reversion to centralised procurement of COVID-19 vaccines from June 21, the Congress on Tuesday asked the government to adopt a transparent policy in allocating vaccines to the States and spell out a road map of meeting its own deadline of fully vaccinating 100 crore citizens by December. The Congress reiterated its …

Free vaccines after Supreme Court's rap: Congress
3 years, 6 months ago

Free vaccines after Supreme Court's rap: Congress

India TV News  

The Congress on Monday contended that the Narendra Modi government's decision to provide free vaccines to all above 18 years of age was taken after the Supreme Court pulled it up and questioned its vaccine policy. "Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Congress President Sonia Gandhi, party leader Rahul Gandhi and several others have been writing to the government for providing …

India Inc Welcomes PM Modi's Decision For Vaccine Procurement By Centre
3 years, 6 months ago

India Inc Welcomes PM Modi's Decision For Vaccine Procurement By Centre

ABP News  

Mumbai: Leaders of India Inc. on Monday welcomed Prime Minister Narendra Modi's decision to streamline vaccine procurement with the Centre bearing 75% of the cost of doses as it would provide speed to India's vaccination programme and leave states with more resources to fight the Coronavirus. Welcoming the decision, Tata Steel MD and CII President Mr T V Narendran, said, …

Creating Hesitancy, Shifting Demands: How the Opposition Played Mind Games And Vaccine Politics With India
3 years, 6 months ago

Creating Hesitancy, Shifting Demands: How the Opposition Played Mind Games And Vaccine Politics With India

News 18  

India launched the world’s largest vaccine drive on January 16. Be it discrediting vaccines, spreading rumours to fuel vaccine hesitancy, frequently changing position on the vaccine distribution process, deliberately asking for the vaccine to be ‘opened up for all’ despite knowing the government was following a scientific order of priority, opposition party leaders have done everything to harm India’s vaccination …

Correcting the vaccine course
3 years, 6 months ago

Correcting the vaccine course

Hindustan Times  

In an address to the nation on Monday evening, Prime Minister Narendra Modi declared that the Centre would take over the responsibility of procuring 75% of the vaccines, and provide them free to the states for all those above the age of 18 from June 21. New Delhi, June 06 : Prime Minister Narendra Modi interacts as he chairs a …

'Humility, reaching out will not hurt him': Congress slams PM Modi over new vaccination policy tweak
3 years, 6 months ago

'Humility, reaching out will not hurt him': Congress slams PM Modi over new vaccination policy tweak

India TV News  

The Congress on Monday attacked Prime Minister Narendra Modi over his announcement during address to the nation that the government will provide free Covid vaccine to all those eligible, including those in the 18 plus age group. Moments after PM Modi concluded his address to the nation, senior Congress leader Jairam Ramesh attacked him and said that the prime minister …

‘Right thing, at last’: Congress leaders react to PM Modi’s announcement on central procurement of Covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 6 months ago

‘Right thing, at last’: Congress leaders react to PM Modi’s announcement on central procurement of Covid-19 vaccines

Hindustan Times  

Following Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s address to the nation, in which he announced the central procurement of Covid-19 vaccines, some Congress leaders have reacted welcoming the move. Prime Minister Narendra Modi said that the Union government would take over the task of Covid-19 vaccination from the state governments. Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot called the announcement a “victory of public …

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