New Delhi: In his address to the nation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday announced a centralised Covid-19 vaccine policy.
“25 per cent of the vaccination work with states will now be handled by the Centre, it will be implemented in the coming two weeks. Both State and Centre to work as per new guidelines in the coming two weeks,” Prime Minister Modi announced.
He also announced that from June 21, all citizens above the age of 18 years will get free vaccines. The Prime Minister also assured the nation that supply of vaccines will increase in the coming days. “Work on producing an intranasal vaccine for Covid is also happening,” he said.
He also said free food grains will be available in fixed quantity every month for over 800 million citizens till Diwali.
Modi’s address on Monday comes at a time when India continues to fight the second wave of the pandemic and is staring at a possible third wave of infections. He has been holding review meetings with state governments and central government officials regarding the vaccination drive, testing, supply of oxygen etc.