COVID-19 vaccination is being carried out on the basis of priority, says Union Health Ministry

Amid the continued surge in Covid-19 cases in India again in the past few weeks, the Union Health Ministry on Tuesday said the vaccination is being carried out on the basis of priority.

Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan while addressing a press conference on Tuesday stated that vaccinations cannot be opened for everybody at this moment. "Globally vaccination drives have a single goal: to curb deaths of the most vulnerable group affected by Covid-19," he added.

He asserted that the health



care system and health care workers in the country need to be protected. "What will happen if maximum numbers of health care workers get affected by Covid-19? Our health care system will collapse. We don't want this situation. And hence, the vaccination cannot be opened for all at present," added the Union Health Secretary.

Bhushan further emphasised that the aim of the vaccination drive is to vaccinate the ones who need it most, rather than the ones who want to get vaccinated.