It is to be noted that the policy shift in the government of India’s #COVID19 vaccination has come at a time when the daily inoculations of #COVID19 vaccines have been on a steady decline going down from a daily average of 3.7M to 2.7M in the past two weeks.
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https://twitter.com/MoHFW_INDIA/status/1384151916515512336
Domestic supply constraints & the Union government’s failure to ensure vaccine supply commensurate with demand from different states were evident on vaccine delivery so far.
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This new liberalized policy could shift the onus of vaccine procurement to meet the demand onto the state governments, something the Union government itself has not been quite successful in the past as reflected in the slow pace of vaccination.
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https://twitter.com/RijoMJohn/status/1384099320798990336?s=20
The changed policy, while boosting the demand for vaccines immediately, doesn’t talk about how sufficient supply will be generated. The bargain for limited supply between states could drive up the prices making vaccines potentially unaffordable to relatively poorer states
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In effect, the new policy may result in a vaccine distribution not commensurate with the COVID19 disease burden across states but based on other entitlements.
It may limit India's ability to contain the pandemic at the national level as long as state borders remain open.
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It may limit India's ability to contain the pandemic at the national level as long as state borders remain open.
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