Stalin urges PM Modi to give TN special allocation of 1 crore COVID-19 vaccine doses

“As the allocation of vaccines is very inadequate, we are finding it extremely difficult to meet the huge demand for vaccination throughout the State,” the TN CM said in a letter to PM Modi

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Tuesday requesting his intervention to correct the imbalance in the COVID-19 vaccine allocation for the State, and to make a special allocation of 1 crore vaccine doses. The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, in its affidavit filed in the Supreme Court, had submitted that the States have been allocated the available vaccine quantity in proportion to the population between 18 and 44 years of age. “However, Tamil Nadu has not received vaccines proportionate to its population size resulting in the current acute shortage of vaccines,” Mr Stalin said.