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Free vaccines to all adults from June 21: PM Modi
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that from June 21 June people above 18 years will vaccinated for free.
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday said that from June 21 June people above 18 years will vaccinated for free.
PM Modi said, "25% of 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."
Noting that vaccines are protection for people against the virus, he said vaccine-producing countries are less compared to the demand for vaccines.
"Today, if we didn't have India-made vaccines, then what would have happened in such a big country like India?" he asked.
Noting that India is fighting the second wave of the pandemic, he expressed sympathies with the families who have lost their loved ones to the virus.
"In the last 100 years, this is the most devastating crisis ever. This pandemic has never been seen nor experienced in the modern world. In such a global epidemic, our country has fought on several levels. From making COVID hospitals to increasing ICU beds, from making ventilators to creating a big network of testing labs. To fight COVID in the last one-and-a-year, new healthcare infrastructure has been created in the country," he said.
"In the history of India, there has never been such a need for oxygen. To fulfill the demand, work was done on a war level, all mechanisms of the government were at play. Oxygen rail was started, air force and navy were deployed. In a very short time, the production of liquid medical oxygen was increased by ten times," he said. (ANI)
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