NEW DELHI – India’s Supreme Court has criticized the federal government over its coronavirus disease 2019 vaccination program.
The judges asked the government to explain why it was mandatory to register on an application for getting a jab.
The court said this would hamper vaccinations across rural India where internet access is difficult.
The judges also questioned whether federal policy was making individual states compete against each other for vaccines.
India has administered more than 220 million doses since it began vaccinating in mid-January, but so far only three percent of the population has been fully vaccinated.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government opened up vaccinations for some 960 million eligible Indians without having anything close to the required supply.(BBC)
