Onus on Centre to help State: CM
The Hindu
He says State need to raise ₹1,300 cr. to provide vaccines free of cost
Kerala will have to find additional resources of ₹1,300 crore to provide COVID-19 vaccines free of cost to everyone if the Centre does not make sufficient vaccine stocks available to the State, Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan said here on Friday. The estimate of ₹1,300 crore is the financial commitment that will be required of the State, going by the open market rate of ₹400 per vaccine dose, which has been disclosed by the Serum Institute of India. Mr. Vijayan said, during a videoconference with Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday, he explained that finding such huge resources would put a severe burden on the State which had already been spending crores on preparing the health system to fight COVID-19. The State reiterated its requirement of 50 lakh doses of vaccine immediately to cover the 45-plus age group.More Related News