Port Blair, May 10: Shri. Ajoy Bairagi, State President, Bharatiya Janata Party has written a letter to the Prime Minister of India Shri. Narendra Modi and Health Minister of India Dr. Harsh Vardhan requesting them to release vaccines for Andaman & Nicobar Islands immediately.
Bairagi mentioned that the second wave of COVID-19 is causing a large number of deaths all over India and also in Andaman & Nicobar Islands the number of deaths due to COVID-19 is increasing every day. He mentioned that some experts are now claiming that a third wave of COVID-19 is inevitable, which may cause more health problems for children. The best prevention is to vaccinate the population but Andaman & Nicobar Islands are not getting sufficient number of COVID-19 vaccines for the age group of 18 to 45 years.
He also mentioned that Andaman and Nicobar Islands haven’t received a single dose of vaccine for vaccinating the population 18 to 45 years old even when the Govt. of India has opened vaccination for the particular age group from 1st of May 2021.
He explained to the authorities that Andaman & Nicobar Islands is a very remote territory with limited healthcare facilities. Hence the best way to save thousands from death in the second and the expected third wave of COVID-19, is by vaccinating them.
He requested the dignitaries to intervene and direct Serum Institute of India to send at-least the first instalment of 1 lakh vaccines immediately and remaining 2.6 lakhs within two months.