Andhra Chief Minister Writes To PM Modi Over Private Hospitals' Low Vaccine Coverage

In a letter to PM Modi, Jagan Mohan Reddy said past experiences indicate that private establishments could not utilize huge quantities of COVID-19 vaccines.

Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy on Tuesday requested the Centre to procure COVID-19 vaccines, originally allotted to private establishments and not lifted, and supply them for vaccination drive through government channels. In a letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, the Chief Minister pointed out that "past experience and demand for vaccines at private hospitals" clearly indicated that private establishments could not utilize such huge quantities. "Under the liberalized pricing and accelerated national COVID-19 vaccination strategy, 25 per cent of vaccines produced were permitted to be procured by private hospitals and industrial establishments (through their hospitals)." "This 25 per cent allocation has been continued in the revised guidelines for implementation of national Covid vaccination programme from June 21," the Chief Minister pointed out.