Chief Minister says the government had placed order for one crore dosesThe Chief Minister, Pinarayi Vijayan has reiterated that the policy of his government is to make available COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to the citizens in the State. Replying to a calling attention motion by CPI(M) legislator P. Nandakumar in the Assembly on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said the government had already placed the order for one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses. The efforts of the State to minimise vaccine wastage has been commended by the Centre,” he said. Kerala was putting forward the need to make available free vaccines to the States, and the results were showing up, Mr. Vijayan said. Earlier, Mr. Nandakumar moving the motion, pointed out the urgency to request the Union government to immediately allocate COVID-19 vaccine to the State, as the inadequate supply of vaccine was hampering the vaccination programme.

Source: The Hindu June 01, 2021 10:38 UTC