Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus cited as an example of inequality that more than 39 million doses of vaccine have been administered in 49 higher-income countries whereas just 25 doses had been given in one poor country.
CSMIA facilitated delivery of a total 244 boxes of Covisheld vaccine, carrying 28,44,000 doses, to Goa, Bagdogra, Faizabad, Rajkot, Ranchi, Imphal, Agartala, Cochin, Bhopal, Kanpur, Jammu, Srinagar, Lucknow, Chandigarh, Gorakhpur, Raipur, Dehradun, Varanasi, Indore, Trivandrum, Jabalpur on January 13, the private airport operator said in a release.
State health minister Rajesh Tope said it was too premature to announce free Covid vaccination in the state. He added that it would be best if the Centre took a decision on the matter after a vaccine was approved.
Modi is expected to hold two back to back meetings, one with eight states with high caseloads and another with states and UTs to discuss vaccine distribution strategy, sources said.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the federal government has urged State Governors to remove the roadblock to permits for distribution sites for use by the drug wholesaler's subsidiaries.
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