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  • Kerala: Donation drive for vaccine price picks tempo on social media

    TWO DAYS after Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi objecting to sure situations within the Centre’s new Covid-19 vaccine distribution coverage and demanding free vaccines for the states, a social media marketing campaign has begun to take form, searching for donations to the Chief Minister’s Distress Relief Fund (CMDRF) to cowl the price of vaccine photographs.
    The marketing campaign is basically being pushed by Left-affiliated teams with hash tags similar to “Stand with Kerala’’, “CMDRF challenge’’ and “Donate for vaccine.”
    Vijayan informed reporters that the CMDRF account on Thursday bought Rs 22 lakh as contributions from those that had taken the vaccine.
    “This is the specialty of this state. Till 4.30 pm, the CMDRF got Rs 22 lakh as contribution from those who had taken the vaccine,” he stated. “It shows the attitude of the people to stand with the government in a critical juncture. This gesture from the people gives much strength to the government.”
    Making a contribution to the CMDRF for the vaccine, an individual claiming to be working within the UAE, wrote on his Facebook web page: “UAE gave me two vaccine shots free of cost. Hence, I am donating the amount required for vaccinating two people in Kerala to CMDRF.”

    Another individual wrote, “Myself and household will get free vaccination from Saudi Arabia. I’m contributing the equal quantity of my household’s vaccination to CMDRF Kerala. We will overcome this example collectively.’’ Those who contributed to the CMDRF as a part of the marketing campaign shared display screen photographs of the donations.
    One of causes that’s apparently serving to the marketing campaign choose tempo is the criticism of the Kerala authorities by BJP chief and Union Minister V Muraleedharan for writing to the Prime Minister on vaccines.
    Referring to the Chief Minister’s letter to the Prime Minister, Muraleedharan stated Kerala should purchase the vaccine as a substitute of ready for the quota from the Centre. He blamed the state for creating pointless concern among the many individuals by elevating the vaccine scarcity, which, in line with him, didn’t actually exist. “Anarchy prevailed at vaccination centres in Kerala,’’ Muraleedharan stated.

    The ruling CPI (M) has slammed Muraleedharan, saying he was insulting the individuals who have been dealing with vaccine scarcity.
    On Wednesday, Kerala introduced that the state would give free vaccines to all eligible individuals.

  • ‘Provide vaccines free of cost’: Kerala CM writes to PM Modi

    Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan Tuesday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi to rethink the brand new coverage on vaccine distribution and supply the required amount of vaccines freed from value to the state governments.
    Referring to the coverage that the producers must make an advance declaration of the value for 50 per cent provide that might be accessible to state governments and in open market, Vijayan mentioned states have been requested to get vaccines from the manufactures at a value. “The state governments are already going through further monetary commitments because of the pandemic. The further burden of buying vaccines will place appreciable pressure on state funds,’’ he mentioned.
    The union authorities had said that fifty per cent of the vaccine doses are to be earmarked for the central authorities, and the stability 50 per cent is to be distributed to state governments and within the open market.
    Vijayan mentioned the states have Constitutional obligation within the well being sector and do want an assured quota of vaccines which needs to be supplied free within the pandemic scenario. It is crucial that vaccines are to be supplied freed from value to the states.
    He mentioned although the coverage states that the central authorities would supply vaccine freed from value to the state governments from the 50 per cent of the quota based mostly on the standards, the states require a reassurance that they might not be left to compete with open market gamers.
    He mentioned open market distributors could also be permitted to have a specified quota of the vaccines, for which reasonably priced value needs to be mounted in order that unscrupulous gamers don’t exploit the general public.
    Vijayan additionally urged the Prime Minister to allot Kerala 50 lakh doses of vaccines for implementing the state’s mega vaccination plan.