Vaccine nationalism need of hour: AAP

New Delhi, April 11

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Terming vaccine universalisation and vaccine nationalism the need of the hour, AAP leader Raghav Chadha wrote to PM Narendra Modi, saying there must be a strict ‘India-first’ rule as citizens’ needs must be given priority over exports to other countries.

Pointing out that the Centre had chosen to export over 64 million doses to 84 countries when Indian citizens were desperately looking for a vaccination centre that was still open, he wrote: “I wish to ask Government of India as to what its priority is — the people of Delhi or of Dominican Republic? The people of Maharashtra or of Mauritius? The people of Bengal or Bangladesh?”

He urged the government to prioritise vaccinating the 135 crore people in India before earning trivial international laurels. — PTI