Narendra Modi
Centre to provide free Covid vaccines to states, Narendra Modi announces during his address to nation
New Delhi: Indian PM Narendra Modi on Monday addressed the nation, which is fighting a deadly second wave of the COVID-19 pandemic, and announced the Centre will procure 75 percent of the total vaccine production from manufacturers and give it free of cost to the state governments and will also bear the responsibility of 25 percent of the work related to vaccination with the states.
Modi, who started his address at 5 pm, said: "25% of vaccination work with states will now be handled by the Centre."
He said the measures will be implemented in the coming two weeks.
"Both state and Centre will work as per new guidelines in the upcoming two weeks. From June 21 June, free vaccine for people above 18 years ," he said.
He also announced that free ration will be provided to 80 crore poor of the country under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Anna Yojana.
He addressed the nation at a time when COVID-19 cases are declining across the country.
India witnessed a deadly surge in cases and deaths for the past two months during the second wave of the pandemic.
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