Provide Free Covid Vaccines: Unanimous Kerala Assembly Resolution

The resolution comes just two days after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to 11 chief ministers of non-BJP states seeking a united effort to press the centre to ensure free universal vaccination.

The Kerala Assembly today unanimously passed a resolution urging the central government to provide Covid vaccines free of cost in a time-bound manner.Health Minister Veena George, who replaced KK Shailaja in the new cabinet, presented the resolution in the assembly. It was supported by the Opposition. "In order to fight COVID-19, we need to provide free universal vaccination which will ensure that all sections of the society are protected from the virus," Ms George said. The resolution comes just two days after Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to 11 chief ministers of non-BJP states seeking a united effort to press the centre to ensure free universal vaccination. Pinarayi Vijayan said if the burden of procuring vaccine is left to fall entirely on the states, their fiscal situation will be in dire straits.