Delhi Chief Minister
Arvind Kejriwal on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi urging him to
allow a mass vaccination drive in the national capital, officials related to
the development said.
Kejriwal in his letter
has requested Modi to allow the state government to open new vaccination
centres in Delhi as well as allow relaxation in the age for the inoculation and
making it available to all.
With the continued rise
in Covid-19 cases in the national capital in the past few weeks, the AAP-led
Delhi government has been pushing for a mass vaccination drive across the city
to cover all the residents of the city.
Kejriwal had earlier
stated that the Delhi government can set up over 1,000 vaccination centres
across the city.
“The increase in the
rate of transition of Covid-19 across the country is a major concern and a
challenge too. The vaccination campaign needs to be moved more rapidly in this
context,” the CM said.
He claimed that if the
Centre allows mass vaccination, then the Delhi government can vaccinate all the
residents within three months.
“I hope the support
that the Centre had extended to Delhi would continue and you would respond positively
to my request,” Kejriwal added.
