Vaccines have to be equitable: Jacob John
The Hindu
You can’t have two companies holding the country to ransom, says the professor at the Department of Community Health, CMC, Vellore
As this goes to print, the number of COVID-19 deaths in India has crossed 200,000 amid an acute shortage of oxygen. Jacob John, professor at the Department of Community Health, Christian Medical College, Vellore, says it is ironic that just when vaccine hesitancy is abating, the country may be running out of vaccines as we universalise inoculation for everyone who is 18 years and older. Excerpts from an interview: Absolutely. Vaccines have to be equitable. People have been hit by a pandemic and those who need these vaccines the most should not face barriers to receiving them. Vaccines by nature are expected to be equitable and supposed to reach people who cannot afford them.
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