Is Gujarat Following "5-Year Plan" For Buying Vaccine, Asks High Court

Coronavirus Vaccine: The government has been assured a supply of 8,30,140 Covishield and 2,46,880 Covaxin doses in June.

The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday asked the state government to consider keeping aside some percentage of COVID-19 vaccines for beneficiaries availing spot registration, especially in rural areas where people have no access to online registration for getting inoculated. The division bench of Justices Bela Trivedi and Bhargav D Karia asked Advocate General (AG) Kamal Trivedi if the government can set aside 10 per cent to 20 per cent of COVID-19 vaccines allotted for a particular centre for beneficiaries availing spot registration. While the Centre has allowed on-site registration and appointment for people in the age group of 18-44 on the CoWin platform, the Gujarat government has maintained that it will conduct the vaccination through the present system, wherein a prior registration and appointment is required to receive jabs. "Out of 100, can't you keep 10 or 20 for spot registration? Suppose you have 100 allocated for today, you can register online for 80, remaining 20 can be kept for spot registration," Justice Karia said while hearing a PIL filed suo motu (on its own) on the COVID-19 pandemic and related issues.