NEW DELHI: Congress leader
Rahul Gandhi on Wednesday said the government will have to define a
vaccine distribution strategy to ensure that every Indian gets the
COVID-19 vaccine.
Pfizer Inc and BioNTech SE have said that their vaccine candidate has been found to be more than 90 per cent effective in preventing
COVID-19.
In a tweet, Gandhi said, "Even though Pfizer has created a promising vaccine, the logistics for making it available to every Indian need to be worked out".
"Government of India (GOI) has to define a vaccine distribution strategy and how it will reach every Indian," he said.
He attached a media report with his tweet, saying that no cold chain logistic company in India has the capability to transport the Pfizer vaccine for
COVID-19 to India which required a temperature of minus 70 degrees.