Coronavirus | West Bengal CM Mamata writes to PM Modi on vaccine shortage
The Hindu
Reiterates that States be allowed to buy vaccines directly
Highlighting that the supply of COVID vaccines to West Bengal from the Government of India has been “scare and erratic”, West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging that the State needs to vaccinate 2.7 crore people and urgently needs 5.4 crore doses of vaccines. “We request your urgent intervention to ensure that the State gets its requirement of vaccine doses fulfilled at the earliest,” Ms. Banerjee said in her letter. Ms. Banerjee pointed out that she has written to on February 24, 2021 asking that the State be allowed to purchase vaccines directly with its funds, but was yet to the get requisite clearance yet.More Related News