As Maharashtra plans to halt the vaccination of people between the age group of 18 and 44 years to give priority to those above the age of 45 years, the Centre has clarified that the suggestion did not comes from Union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, unlike what state health minister Rajesh Tope claimed during a press meet on Tuesday.
It is being claimed in a tweet that Union Health Minister suggested Maharashtra government repurpose vaccine allotted for citizens aged 18-44 in the State for those aged 45 and above#PIBFactCheck: The claim is #Incorrect. @drharshvardhan has given NO such suggestion. pic.twitter.com/OMdGBrdjR1
— PIB Fact Check (@PIBFactCheck) May 11, 2021
“I have personally talked to Dr harsh Vardhan. The Centre actually does not have vaccines, he told me. So, he also thinks that there is no other way. We have to divert the doses meant for 18+ people to those 45+. For the 18-44 age group vaccination, we have to go slow because vaccines are not available. We want to purchase vaccines from abroad also, but vaccines are not there,” Rajesh Tope said.
