Presenting documents procured from vaccine companies and signed letters attained from the Central Government, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia said, “When Central Government had decided in April that State Governments could directly tie-up with vaccine companies to sell vaccines, Delhi Government released a letter to acquire 1.34 crore vaccination doses for citizens between 18-45 year.”
However, he said that instead of receiving vaccines, the Delhi government received a letter from the Centre stating that the capital would get just 3.59 lakh vaccines out of which 92,840 doses were Covaxin and 2,67,690 doses were Covishield.
The Delhi government had on Sunday informed the Centre that it would need 60 lakh doses of vaccine per month to vaccinate around 93 lakh people in the 18-45 age group between May and July, reported IANS.
“After the Centre had made it clear that the state governments could directly approach the companies for placing vaccine orders, the Delhi government…