Rajasthan’s chief minister needs 1.5 crore immunizations delivered directly.

Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot on Tuesday urged the Central authorities to produce 1.50 crore COVID-19 vaccines to the State directly, saying any time lag would result in stoppage of the vaccination drive. The State was going through a scarcity of vaccines regardless of the Centre’s promise of sufficient provide, he acknowledged.

Mr. Gehlot stated, “Rajasthan will not be getting the required provide, due to which vaccination needed to be stopped a number of occasions up to now. This has created resentment among the many folks”.

He famous that he had written to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on June 26 informing him that vaccination must be stopped in case of insufficient provide. Over 2.05 crore folks had to this point been administered the primary dose, whereas 75 lakh folks wanted to be given the second dose in July. In opposition to this requirement, the Union authorities had determined to produce solely 65 lakh vaccines, which was very much less. The duty of administering the primary dose must be stopped if vaccines weren’t provided on time, he noticed.

Mr. Gehlot identified that since Rajasthan was geographically the most important State within the nation, the transport of vaccines to far-off villages took comparatively extra time. He stated restarting of vaccination, after the shares completed, would take two to a few days due to the time concerned in transport and storage of dosages.