Congress leader Rahul Gandhi today attacked the center over its statement that it had never spoken about inoculating everyone with the COVID-19 vaccine in his latest attack on the government amid the pandemic which has affected 95.three lakh folks in the nation.
Taking to Twitter, the previous Congress president cited the variations in statements of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the government, and the BJP on the anticipated vaccine for the COVID-19 as he requested “precisely what does the prime minister stand by”.
The center on Tuesday stated there is probably not a must vaccinate the nation’s complete inhabitants in opposition to COVID-19 if a vital mass of people are given a shot to interrupt the chain of virus transmission, and made it clear it had by no means spoken about inoculating everybody.
“I simply need to make this clear that the government has by no means spoken about vaccinating your entire nation. It is vital that we talk about such scientific points based on factual data solely after which analyze it,” Well being Secretary Rajesh Bhushan had stated.
Mr. Bhushan’s remarks got here three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the three key amenities which are engaged on a vaccine. The Prime Minister’s workplace stated the visit was meant to assist him to get a “first-hand perspective of the preparations, challenges, and roadmap in India’s endeavor to vaccinate its residents”.
in the final month, the BJP was criticized after Union Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, whereas launching the party’s manifesto for the Bihar election, promised “free coronavirus vaccination for all”.
The announcement was met with shock and indignation by opposition leaders, leaving the BJP heading off allegations that it was utilizing the promise of a vaccine – for an infectious and deadly sickness that has already killed over 1.21 lakh in India alone – for its political agenda.
This morning, India recorded 35,551 new COVID-19 infections, taking the nation’s coronavirus case tally to 95.three lakh. Up to 526 folks additionally misplaced their lives to the extremely viral illness on this interval. With this, a complete of 1,38,648 folks have misplaced their lives to Covid until now.
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