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Delhi, (the states. news) Congress president
Sonia Gandhi on Saturday asked the government to lower the COVID vaccine age
eligibility to 25 years instead of 45.
Addressing a meeting of the Congress Working Committee here, Ms Gandhi said as
coronavirus infection is surging and affecting people of all age groups, the
government should reduce inoculation eligibility to 25 and also to those young
people with at-risk health disorders like asthma, angina, diabetes, kidney and
liver diseases.
She claimed that various parts of India are reporting vaccine shortage but the
government has exported over 6.5 crores vaccine jabs so far.
The Congress president asserted that India is having highest infection rate in
the world and suggested that the government should first inoculate its citizens
and then transport vaccine.
Ms Gandhi said that recently, she spoke to the Chief Ministers of
Congress-ruled states on coronavirus situation and raised the problems being
faced by them in front of Prime Minister Narendra Modi but did not get any
reply. (uni) (media saheb.com)
Sonia Gandhi urges govt to lower Covid vaccination eligibility to 25 years
