The Health Minister of Maharashtra alleged that many States, which are smaller than Maharashtra in terms of population and the number of patients, have received more doses.
Maharashtra Health Minister Rajesh Tope has urged the Centre to formulate criteria for allotment of COVID-19 vaccines by taking into consideration factors such as population and number of active coronavirus cases of a particular State.
He alleged that many States, which are smaller than Maharashtra in terms of population and the number of patients, have received more doses.
Talking to reporters, Mr. Tope said that out of the latest dispatch of 3.5 crore doses by the Centre, Maharashtra received 7 lakh and the Centre added another 10 lakh “after much persuasion”.
“The criteria should be decided in terms of the size of the population and the number of active cases,” he said, adding that many smaller States with less population and number of active cases had got more doses than Maharashtra.
He said that…