Kerala CM Pinarayi Vijayan assures free Covid-19 vaccine for all in state

Mangalore Today News Network

Thiruvananthapuram, Dec 14, 2020:    Kerala Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan on Saturday said Covid-19 vaccine will be provided free of cost to everyone in the state.

 

While addressing a press conference in Thiruvananthapuram, CM Pinarayi Vijayan assured no one in the state will be charged for Covid-19 vaccine.

"No one will be charged for the vaccine and it be provided to the people free of cost. This is the stand of the government," Pinarayi Vijayan said.

Kerala is the latest to announce free of cost Covid-19 vaccine for its people. States, including Tamil Nadu and Madhya Pradesh, have already made a similar announcement.

The Centre on Tuesday said three Covid-19 vaccines, developed by Bharat Biotech, Serum Institute of India and Pfizer, are under active consideration of India’s drug regulator and there is hope that early licensure is possible for all or any of them.

Five vaccine candidates are under different phases of clinical trials in the country.

Kerala on Saturday recorded 5,949 Covid-19 cases and 32 deaths, taking the caseload to 6.64 lakh and the toll to 2,594. The active cases stood at 60,029.

Courtesy:India Today