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Covid-19 vaccines must be given to states for free: Bengal to Supreme Court

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee has written to PM Narendra Modi, seeking increased supply of medical oxygen for Covid treatment

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West Bengal chief minister Mamata Banerjee (Photo: PTI)

Agencies New Delhi
The West Bengal government on Friday told the Supreme Court that there should be a uniform vaccination policy and the new differential pricing mechanism in the latest phase of inoculations must be scrapped, according to media reports.
 
It said the Centre must take immediate steps to ensure vaccines are made available and given to states free of cost.
 
Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee Friday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi, seeking increased supply of medical oxygen for Covid-19 treatment.
 
Banerjee also said that the Centre hiked oxygen allocation for other states out of the total production in Bengal,

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