‘BSY to soon decide on free Covid vaccine for all’


Team Udayavani, Oct 25, 2020, 4:27 PM IST

Bengaluru: Deputy chief minister CN Ashwath Narayan on Sunday, October 25 said that the Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa led government would soon decide on providing a free vaccine to treat Coronavirus when available.

Addressing presspersons Ashwath said, “A meeting has been convened hereafter Dasara to decide on the free distribution of vaccine to treat the Covid pandemic, as and when the central government makes it available for the state.”

“As Covid patients are already being tested and treated free in state-run hospitals, they will be administered the vaccine free of charge. The Chief Minister will decide on giving it free for all,” reiterated Narayan.

On the Centre’s directive last week, the state government has already decided to give the vaccine free first to its healthcare warriors, including doctors, nurses, paramedics, and their associates who have been treating Covid patients across the state since mid-March when the virus broke.

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