Chidambaram questions govt on fall in daily vax jabs
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Sun, May 16 2021 10:48 IST |
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New Delhi: Former Finance Minister and Congress leader P. Chidambaram addresses a press conference after the presentation of the Union Budget 2020-21 by the current Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman in the Parliament; at the party s headquarters in. Image Source: IANS News
New Delhi, May 16 : Former Union minister and senior Congress leader P. Chidambaram on Sunday questioned the Narendra Modi government on the decline in the numbers of daily vaccination while taking a jibe at Health Minister Harsh Vardhan over the shortage of vaccines.
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Dr. Harsh Vardhan, Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare today interacted with State Health Ministers and Principal Secretaries/Additional Chief Secretaries of 6 states/UT in the presence of Ashwini Kumar Choubey, Union Minister of State for Health and Family Welfare. These states/UT are depicting a considerable growth rate in the number of daily cases and higher mortality but in urban areas situation is improving. Rajesh Tope, Health Minister (Maharashtra), Dr K Sudhakar, Health Minister (Karnataka), Ms. K KShailaja, Health Minister (Kerala), M. Subramanian, Health Minister (Tamil Nadu), Raghu Sharma, Health Minister (Rajasthan) and Satyendra Jain, Health Minister (Delhi) virtually attended the meeting.