Don't have fixed timeline to vaccinate all against Covid, says govt

Expects all beneficiaries aged above 18 to be inoculated by December

There is no fixed timeline for completion of the ongoing vaccination drive in the country, the health ministry said in Parliament on Friday.  “However, it is expected that all beneficiaries aged 18 years and above will be vaccinated by December 2021,” Bharati Pravin Pawar, minister of state in the health ministry, told the Lok Sabha.

Responding to a query by Congress leader Rahul Gandhi and Mala Roy of the Trinamool Congress, Pawar said there had been no delay in entering into purchase agreements with domestic vaccine manufacturers. “Advance payments have also been made to manufacturers for the supply orders placed with