State cannot afford another lockdown: CM

‘Centre urged to replenish vaccine stock as inoculation is the only remedy’

Chief Minister Y.S. Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that vaccination is the only remedy for COVID-19, but the State government is facing a severe constraint in immunising the vulnerable people due to shortage of vaccine. The Central government was requested to despatch additional doses to expand the vaccination programme, while taking all possible steps to check the spread of the virus, the Chief Minister said while addressing a video-conference with the District Collectors and Superintendents of Police on COVID-19 management and vaccination on Friday. The daily production of vaccines in the country stood at seven crore, but the number of doses was about 23 lakh. “Since the Central government has control over the production and supply of vaccines, the State is asking it to replenish the stocks in order to protect the masses from the pandemic,” Mr. Jagan Mohan Reddy said.