VP calls for stepping up COVID vaccine supply
The Hindu
Urges scientific fraternity to expedite development of vaccine for children
Vice-President M. Venkaiah Naidu on Friday has underscored the need for stepping up COVID vaccine supply rapidly and administering them to all citizens as quickly as possible to deal with the unforeseen challenges posed by the constantly mutating coronavirus. Since the Centre intended to vaccinate all the eligible adults by the year end, he was confident of the immunisation drive picking up pace in the months ahead and also urged the scientific fraternity to focus on expediting development of COVID vaccine for children. “Protecting children from the virus should be accorded priority,” he affirmed in his address to scientists and staff of Bharat Biotech International Limited (BBIL) after a plant visit at Genome Valley here. Vaccination drive against COVID-19 should become a pan-India people’s movement and he appealed to the people to immunise themselves by taking the required vaccine doses.More Related News