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India will vaccinate all by December 2021, says minister

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28 May, 2021, 02:55 pm
Last modified: 28 May, 2021, 05:46 pm

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India will vaccinate all by December 2021, says minister

"India's vaccination will be completed before 2021," Prakash Javadekar said

TBS Report
28 May, 2021, 02:55 pm
Last modified: 28 May, 2021, 05:46 pm
FILE PHOTO: A policeman asks people who came to receive a dose of a coronavirus vaccine to leave as they stand outside the gate of a vaccination centre which was closed due to unavailability of the supply of COVID-19 vaccine, in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo
FILE PHOTO: A policeman asks people who came to receive a dose of a coronavirus vaccine to leave as they stand outside the gate of a vaccination centre which was closed due to unavailability of the supply of COVID-19 vaccine, in Mumbai, India. REUTERS/Francis Mascarenhas/File Photo

India will be fully vaccinated against Covid-19 by the end of 2021, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar declared Friday afternoon, as the centre lashed out at Congress MP Rahul Gandhi for pointing out that less than three per cent of the country's 130 crore had received both shots so far.

Javadekar also deflected criticism by telling Rahul Gandhi to "pay attention to Congress-ruled states...there is a mess in vaccination", reports the NDTV.

He accused non-BJP governments, which have red-flagged low vaccine stocks, of "not taking the quota for 18-44 age group given to them from May 1".

"India's vaccination will be completed before 2021. If Rahulji was concerned about the vaccine, then he should pay attention to Congress ruled states... there is a mess in vaccination. They are not taking the quota given to them for 18-44 year old beneficiaries from May 1," Javadekar said.

Javadekar also countered the opposition leader's criticism of the centre's Covid management efforts by referring to the "Congress toolkit" - an online document several BJP leaders claim is designed to discredit Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his government.

Hours earlier Gandhi held Prime Minister Modi responsible for the second wave of infections and deaths, and said he "did not understand Covid at all".

Vaccines were the only permanent solution to Covid and lockdowns, social distancing and masks were temporary ones, Gandhi said, stressing that without a proper vaccination strategy, India would witness multiple waves of infection.

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