CM Arvind Kejriwal Pitches for Free COVID Vaccine throughout India

NEW DELHI : Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday said the COVID-19 vaccine should be made available throughout the country for free, saying all the people were troubled by the coronavirus.

A debate has started on whether the COVID-19 vaccine, which is yet to materialise, should be made available to people for free, with the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) promising free doses of the vaccine in its manifesto for the Bihar polls.

"The entire nation ought to get free COVID-19 immunization. It is a privilege of the whole nation. All individuals are



disturbed by the Covid, so the immunization ought to be free for the nation," Kejriwal told columnists in the wake of introducing two flyovers in northeast Delhi. 

The Covid antibody, when accessible, will be dispersed under an extraordinary COVID-19 inoculation program with the Center acquiring the portions straightforwardly and making it accessible for need gatherings, official sources have said.

According to them, the Centre will procure the vaccine directly to make it available to the priority groups for free through the existing network of states and districts.