Health Minister Veena George moved the resolution in the House on June 2 as the State faces acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccine
The Kerala Legislative Assembly passed a unanimous resolution urging the Union government to provide COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to the State and for timely dispensing of vaccines to the citizens.
Minister for Health, Women and Child Welfare Veena George moved the resolution in the House on June 2 as the State faces acute shortage of COVID-19 vaccine. The resolution was moved one day after the Chief Minister Pinaryi Vijayan reiterated in the House that his government will make available COVID-19 vaccine free of cost to the citizens and that one crore COVID-19 vaccine doses had been ordered by the government.
The resolution moved by the Health Minister was also critical of the Union government’s vaccine policy which pushed the States to compete in the open market for vaccine purchase from the manufacturers.
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