Summary:
In a significant development, the Mamata Banerjee government moved the Supreme Court seeking directions to disband the phase 3 of the COVID-19 vaccination policy and instead adopt and implement a uniform vaccination policy by doing away with the differential pricing mechanism. But, when the private hospitals contacted the manufacturers they failed to give any assurance in this regard. Responding to the private hospitals' plea, the state government has finally opened 168 CVCs for the beneficiaries from the private establishments. The state government has once again turned a rescuer for thousands of those who are looking for their second dose. The Urban Development and Municipal Affairs department on Friday wrote to all the CEOs of private hospitals allotting designated CVCs for the private hospitals depending on their locations..