We require vaccines for 10 crore of the population. We asked Centre for one crore but received only one lakh. We need three to four lakh vaccines in order to enable private hospitals to resume vaccination. We will give vaccines to all people free of cost as soon as the Centre sends us the stocks. CM MAMATA BANERJEE.
President of the Kerala Government Medical Officers Association, Vijayakrishnan said there is no way out other than for strict lockdown.
The worrying factor was 17 per cent of the all deaths had no co-morbid conditions, he said.
Officials say decision follows rising Covid cases.
Strict lockdown was enforced in English Bazaar Municipality (EBM), Old Malda Municipality and Kaliachak- I in Malda in the administration's bid to contain the spread of the novel coronavirus.
