Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge on taking covid jab: ''10-15 years left for me, give vaccine to youth''
Congress' Mallikarjun Kharge on taking covid jab: ''10-15 years left for me, give vaccine to youth''
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New Delhi: The second phase of vaccination of coronavirus has been done today i.e. from March 1. In this phase, people over 60 years of age and those above 45 years with severe disease are being vaccinated. Meanwhile, when the Leader of Opposition in the Rajya Sabha Mallikarjun Kharge was asked about the corona vaccine, he said - I am above 70 years of age.

Mallikarjun Kharge said that you should give the corona vaccine to the youth who have a long life. I have only 10-15 years left to live. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar said that the vaccination to be held from March 1 will be done at ten thousand government and 20 thousand private centers. The government centers will be vaccinated for free, while private ones will have to pay. Javadekar said in the press conference, "Those who want to get corona's vaccine in a private hospital will have to spend money."

He said that after talking to hospitals and manufacturers, the Health Ministry will take a decision on the amount of money to be levied on private centers in the next two-three days. Meanwhile, Union Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said that he hoped that most of the companions (ministers) will pay for their vaccines.

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