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A day after former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh — in an open letter to Prime Minister Narendra Modi — called for ramping up vaccine supply and being transparent with states in their distribution, health minister Harsh Vardhan hit back.
Vardhan said the second wave of Covid-19 was fueled by Congress-ruled states as they were busy raising doubts about vaccines rather than vaccinating people. He also said a decision on a point in the letter on allowing import of vaccines had already been taken a week ahead, on April 11, 2021.
He added, same is the case with Singh’s suggestion regarding providing funds
