Stalin writes to Union Health Minister, asks for increased vaccine allocation to government institutions

The Tamil Nadu CM, in his letter, asked for the revision of the inter-se allocation between government and private institutions to 90:10 from 75:25

Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin on Monday wrote to the Union Health Minister to evaluate the vaccine doses allotted to various States so far, and to revise the inter-se allocation between government and private institutions to 90:10 as against the current allocation of 75:25. He urged that these steps be immediately undertaken by the Union government to ensure that the available vaccine resources are put to the best use possible in the shortest time. Vaccine doses allotted to various States so far has to be evaluated in terms of doses allotted per thousand population, and the government has ensure that necessary compensatory allocations are made to States which have been allotted a lower number of doses per capita, Mr. Stalin said.