An Avoidable Controversy ?

 

 

For past 2 days, some State Governments are blaming the Central Government for failure to supply enough dozes of Covid Vaccines .

They are saying :

Ø   We have run out of stock ( or about to run out ).

Ø  This will bring down the number of citizen that we can vaccinate

Ø  In turn, this ( stock-out ) will lead to huge increase in Active Cases / Deaths

On its part, Dr HarshVardhan says :

Ø  There is no shortage of vaccine. More than enough dozes are available

Ø  We are dispatching adequate dozes to all States as per their performance / requirements

Serum Institute of India ( manufacturer of COVISHIELD ) says :

Ø  We are currently producing 67 million dozes every month

Ø  By May 2021, we will step up production to 100 million dozes / month

Ø  By 2022, we plan to raise production to 140 million dozes / month

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Dear Dr Harshvardhanji,

 

I urge you to consider suggestion made in my following e-mail :

Ø  Voting and Vaccination : Compare and Contrast ………………….[ 19 Oct 2020 ]

 

Extract :

 

Distribution Logistics

 

Please also consider a centralized purchase of vaccines by your ministry from all vaccine manufacturers

No direct purchase by State Governments or any other govt agency – and certainly not by any private party/person

Your ministry to issue DELIVERY SCHEDULES to all vaccine manufacturers, which will instruct, how many dozes ( vials ) to be delivered to each VDC ( Vaccine Delivery Centre ) – and on what date .

These schedules to be visible to all, so that there is no dispute between different States re “non-receipt / less receipt “ of dozes

Each consignment to be tracked by Aushman Bharat website and promptly displayed for all to see

Online confirmation of receipt of each consignment by all VDC – again displayed on website for all – ensuring no debating of FACTS of deliveries / stocks / consumption

Although, website shall not display the names of citizen who have been administered the vaccine ( to protect their privacy ), it will display the DAILY and CUMULATIVE numbers of vaccinations ( for all to see )

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With regards,

Hemen Parekh  /  hcp@RecruitGuru.com  /  08 April 2021