Manmohan Writes to Modi on COVID Crisis
New Delhi: Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh wrote a letter to PM Narendra Modi offering suggestions to combat the second wave of coronavirus that has gripped the country. Singh in his letter devised five ways that could be implemented to arrest the rise of surging infections across India, stating that expansion of covid-19 vaccination programs is a big part of pandemic management.
He added that Centre’s strategy must focus on the percentage of the population that has been inoculated instead of looking at absolute numbers. Singh also advised that Centre should adopt a transparent approach towards the procedure of coronavirus vaccination in terms of orders placed for the next six months and how they are to be distributed to the states.
He wrote that states should be given the flexibility to define categories of frontline workers who can be vaccinated, even if they’re below the age of 45. Singh called for increased production of doses and requested the government to allocate requisite funds, concessions, and licenses to vaccine producers to facilitate that. (ENS)
