Allocate 90% Vaccines To Government Facilities: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister

Tamil Nadu: MK Stalin sought revision of the 75:25 COVID-19 vaccine allocation formula and said 25% allocation to private hospitals is grossly higher when compared to the actual vaccinations done by them.

The Tamil Nadu government on Monday urged the Centre to revise the 75:25 allocation format of Covid vaccines to government and private institutions and demanded that 90 per cent of the doses be given to the state-run facilities. In a letter to Union Health and Family Welfare Minister Harsh Vardhan, Chief Minister M K Stalin said the "25 per cent allocation to private hospitals is grossly higher when compared to the actual vaccinations done by them." "Under the new liberalised vaccination policy, the Union Government is buying 75 per cent of the vaccines and the rest are being provided to private hospitals, to allow them to vaccinate better-off individuals on payment basis." "While I agree that a part of the available vaccines has to be shared with the private institutions, I wish to bring to your notice the fact that this 25 per cent allocation to private hospitals is grossly higher when compared to the actual vaccinations done by them," he told Mr Vardhan.