The Union Health Ministry on Friday flagged concern over the considerably slow pace of COVID-19 vaccination across the States and urged them to significantly expedite the pace of full vaccination coverage by saturating all eligible beneficiaries and adopt a “First Expiry First Out” principle while using vaccines.
The Ministry directed that under no circumstances should any vaccination centre or any State government insist on any documentary proof of foreign travel for those who are seeking the precaution dose ahead of their travel abroad.
This was communicated to all the States and Union Territories (UTs) by Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan as he reviewed the status of vaccination with Health Secretaries and other senior health officials through a video conference on Friday.
