Long queues at government centers, corona vaccines not being spent in private hospitals

Government will end the quota

In view of the slow pace of corona vaccination at private sites, the government may soon reduce the 25 percent quota for private hospitals. Moving forward in this direction, the central government has also started using 7 to 9 percent of the vaccine doses not used by private hospitals in government immunization centers. Union Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya himself has given this information in the Rajya Sabha. The obligation for vaccine manufacturing companies to reserve 25 percent of vaccines for private hospitals can be done away with in the coming times. This decision can be taken keeping in mind the slow pace of vaccination at private sites in the last two-three months.
Actually, BJP MP Sushil Kumar Modi questioned the government about reducing the vaccine quota for private hospitals. On this, Health Minister Mansukh Mandaviya said that there is no need to reduce it as the central government is already using vaccines not used by private hospitals at government centres.

He said that in the last one month, only 7 to 9 percent of the quota given in the private sector has been vaccinated. He further clarified that the government has spoken to the vaccine makers and asked them to give as many vaccines as they need to private sector centers or hospitals. There is no need to keep 25% quota in the name of private hospitals/sectors.

This means that the vaccines will be supplied to the private sector on the basis of their demand and the remaining vaccine will be used in the free vaccination campaign run by the government. Earlier, the Chief Ministers of many states had also appealed to PM Modi to change the rule allotting 25 percent of the vaccine doses to the private sector, as their use was less than 25 percent.

The central government buys 75 percent of the anti-corona vaccine made in the country, while 25 percent was allocated for the private sector.