NEW DELHI: West Bengal chief minister
Mamata Banerjee on Sunday wrote to Prime Minister
Narendra Modi and requested the Centre for the supply of 5.4 crore more doses of Covid-19
vaccination and steady supply of oxygen.
In her letter,
Mamata alleged that the supply of vaccines from the Centre to the state had been 'scarce and erratic' and has impacted the vaccination proggramme.
"Vaccination is of top importance. Particularly in our state and more particularly in metropolitan Kolkata where density of population is extremely high, focused and aggressive vaccination is extremely important. Unfortunately for us, the supply of vaccines from the government of India side has been scarce and erratic which has been negatively affecting our vaccination programmes," she said.
"While West Bengal is one of the best performers in vaccination, it is now suffering because of uncertainties of supply from
GOI end. We have to vaccinate around 2.7 crore, and for that we need 5.4 doses. We request for an urgent intervention to ensure that the state gets its requirement of vaccine doses fulfilled at the earliest," she added.
"While West Bengal is one of the best performers in vaccination, it is not suffering because of uncertainties of supply from end of the government of India. We have to vaccinate around 2.7 crores and we need 5.4 crore doses," she said.
Mamata also urged Centre to ensure steady supply of medicines like remedesvir and tollizumab (Actemera).
"We need around 6,000 vials of remedesvir and 1,000 vials of Tollizumab daily. However, presently only 1,000 vials of remedesvir are available daily and no fresh supply of tollizumab is coming," she said.
The chief minister also assured that the state is ready to extend its resources to the fullest extent to the Centre to tackle the pandemic so that the country can overcome the situation.