Provide COVID-19 vaccines for free as health emergency needs public financing, says expert
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Last Updated: Apr 25, 2021, 03:46 PM IST
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Synopsis Vaccination should be free because any public health emergency, particularly of an infectious disease, requires public financing to support it as it s considered to be a public good, Reddy told PTI in an interview.
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COVID-19 vaccines should be provided free of cost as any public health emergency requires public finance support, a prominent public healthcare expert advocated on Sunday. President of Public Health Foundation of India Prof. K Srinath Reddy also said if super-spreader events (large gathering of people) are prevented and everyone starts wearing mask, the coronavirus cases will start coming down in India within three weeks.
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Covid advisory panel recommends more restrictions, 14-day lockdown in Karnataka
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April 24, 2021
Bengaluru, Apr 24: With Bengaluru recording 1.5 lakh active coronavirus cases, the highest for any city in the country, the Karnataka Task Advisory Committee on Covid- 19 has asked the state government to impose stringent restrictions, including lockdown for 14 days to break the chain.
The members of the panel have also recommended to the government to increase the number of beds to tide over the crisis.
The TAC members also foresee the third wave Covid in October-November and have, accordingly, insisted that the government should complete the vaccination of vulnerable age groups before the next wave hits. Professor and Head of Lifecourse Epidemiology, Public Health Foundation of India (PHFI), Giridhar Babu said: