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New Delhi: The government has never spoken of inoculating the entire country as and when a vaccine for coronavirus is approved, heath secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
The government had earlier demarcated a priority list, which included around 1 crore healthcare professionals, police and armed forces personnel, people aged above 50 years in age and those below 50 with co-morbidities.
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New Delhi: The government has never spoken of inoculating the entire country as and when a vaccine for coronavirus is approved, heath secretary Rajesh Bhushan said on Tuesday.
The government had earlier demarcated a priority list, which included around 1 crore healthcare professionals, police and armed forces personnel, people aged above 50 years in age and those below 50 with co-morbidities.
"The government has never spoken about vaccinating the entire country," Mr Bhushan said in response to a question at a press meet.
"I want to make it absolutely clear.
I repeatedly say that before discussing the topics related to science, it would be good to know the factual information about it and then analyse it.
So the vaccination of the whole country was never spoken of," he said, when asked by when the government would be able to vaccinate whole country.
Mr Bhushan`s remarks came three days after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited the three key facilities that are working on a vaccine.