The Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan has directed the private sector to pick up the pace Covid-19 Vaccination. While chairing a meeting with Health Secretaries and senior officials of 15 States/Union Territories stated that the slow pace of vaccination by private centres was a cause of worry.
He directed the States to review the status and progress of vaccine procurement by the private centres on daily basis. The Private Covid Vaccination Centres has not shown any interest in the earmarked quantum of Vaccines, he added. Earlier, the shortage of Vaccines up to nearly 60 per cent of what was seen in the week after June 21 was reported by many States.
