Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU/SRINAGAR, June 2: Lashing out at the Central Government for it’s failure to provide required doses of vaccine to Jammu and Kashmir and claiming that the youth of 18-45 years are running from pillar to post for a slot, the Congress today impressed upon the Central Government and the UT Administration to make available the required quantity of vaccine for all age groups and expedite the vaccination process to cover the entire population before the anti- cipatated third wave sets in.
Echoing the Supreme Court observations to the Centre which has asked it as to why Centre should not cover the free vaccination of all and adopt it on the pattern of National Immunization campaign and for a universal approach as far as rates of the vaccine for Centre and States, several senior Congress leaders of Jammu region joined the online speak up campaign of the party to impress upon the centre and UT administration to expedite the vaccination process in J&K, as the youth are not getting the vaccine slots for days, JKPCC chief spokesperson Ravinder Sharma said.
PCC leader said that it is the responsibility of the Central Government to provide the required quota of doses to the States and UT but there is acute shortage of vaccine in Jammu and Kashmir for the age group of 18-45 years and the process is very slow, which if not expedited, would take several months and our youth face the great risk.
He said that the risks would be immense, if not prevented from the anticipated third wave. He said that there is huge gap of three months between first dose and the second dose of covishield and , thus would take lot of time to secure the young population who are running from pillar to post for first dose yet.
Sharma said that large no of senior leaders and activists participated in the nation wide cammpaign including from Jammu and Kashmir to put public pressure on the government to expedite the process and provide free vaccination to all in the shortest possible time.
He said that the Government should start door to door campaign like national immunization cammpaign to cover all left out population especially those below 45years.
Follow our WhatsApp channel