VACCINATION POLICY: FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS

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    VACCINATION POLICY: FULL OF CONTRADICTIONS

    At the current rate, it will take months to vaccinate around 90 crore of India’s adult population that is eli-gible for vaccination; explains the new policy, states are left to fend for themselves - dual pricing, global procurement by states etc; logistics  bottlenecks; steps to increase vaccine production; addressing shortages by increasing gap of second dose to 12 weeks; understanding the extent of the problem; and suggested el-ements of a ‘clear policy’

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