Coronavirus | Supreme Court bats for ‘one price for vaccines across nation’
The Hindu
Court raises doubts about Centre’s deadline for complete immunisation.
The government on Monday said it will inoculate the “entire eligible population” in the country by the end of 2021, but the Supreme Court raised questions about achieving such a milestone with a policy that allows the Centre to procure only 50% of the vaccines while leaving the States to fend for themselves. The court also challenged the differential vaccine pricing policy, saying “there needs to be one price for vaccines across the nation”.
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