Will provide COVID19 vaccine free to people of Delhi if Centre fails to do so: CM Arvind Kejriwal (Video)
The roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine will provide priority to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers who are estimated to be around 3 crores, followed by those above 50 years of age and the under-50 population groups with co-morbidities numbering around 27 crores.
New Delhi: CM Arvind Kejriwal on Wednseday said that Delhi government will provide COVID-19 vaccine free to people of Delhi if Centre fails to do so.
“I request everyone to not spread misinformation about Covid vaccine. I had appealed to Central government that Covid vaccination should be provided free of cost to all. If Centre does not do it and a need arises, the vaccine will be provided for free to people of Delhi,” Kejriwal said.
Kejriwal was on a visit to the family of Dr Hitesh Gupta who lost his life in the line of Covid-19 duty.
“We had started a scheme to encourage corona warriors and under it, I have come to provide help of ₹1 cr to the family. His wife is educated and we will recruit her in Delhi government,” he said.
Delhi CM @ArvindKejriwal visited the family of Dr Hitesh Gupta who lost his life in the line of #COVID19 duty
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This statement comes at a time when pan-India vaccination delivery is taking place, with the world’s largest immunisation drive scheduled to begin on January 16.
India’s active caseload of COVID-19 has fallen to 2,14,507, which is the lowest after 197 days, according to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Wednesday.