“The primary purpose of vaccination” is to protect the health care system, the Center said.
New Delhi:
Maharashtra has been asked to take “corrective action” to improve its performance in vaccinating its health care and frontline workers. The Center, which issued the warrant, had previously accused the state of spreading vaccine shortage panic to divert attention from its poor vaccination record.
“Maharashtra vaccinated only 86% of health workers with the first dose… 41% of health workers with the second dose. Among front-line workers, Maharashtra vaccinated only 73% with the first dose … for Maharashtra it is at 41%… When it comes to seniors, Maharashtra has only vaccinated 25%, ”said Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Wednesday.
The health minister accused Delhi and Punjab of equally low numbers, saying: “The inability of the Maharashtra government to act responsibly is incomprehensible … The laxity of the state government has made the country’s efforts to combat the virus remarkable. impaired” .
In the evening, a letter from Dr. Manohar Agnani, the Additional Secretary of the Ministry of Health to the Chief Secretary of Maharashtra, said: land. UT “.
The letter detailed vaccination data and stated the need for “increased” efforts.
“The primary purpose of vaccination is to protect the health care system and the pandemic response system, especially in states with a surge in the number of COVID-19 cases,” the letter said.
On Wednesday Maharashtra said vaccine stocks are very low. Health Minister Rajesh Tope told NDTV, “The vaccine supplies in the state will only remain for three days.”
“We don’t have doses in most of our vaccination centers and they had to close their doors. They are sending people back due to a lack of doses,” the minister said to Dr. Harsh Vardhan.
Maharashtra has suffered the most from Covid since the pandemic hit the country last year.