Key Points:
- Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray wrote to the Prime Minister of the country Narendra Modi, requesting to lower the age limit of Covid-19 Vaccination to 25.
- “….if a larger number of our young and working population is vaccinated, the intensity of the cases would be much lower,” PTI reported the content of the letter.
- Thackeray Thanked the Prime Minister for accepting his proposal of allowing all persons aged above 45 years to get vaccinated.
With Coronavirus cases increasing everyday and reaching the highest ever of 1 lakh cases in 24 hours in India, Maharashtra state contributes to almost 50% of the covid-19 cases.
Seeing the ever increasing numbers the Chief Minister of Maharashtra Uddhav Thackeray wrote to the Prime Minister of the country Narendra Modi, requesting to lower the age limit of Covid-19 Vaccination.
On Monday, Thackeray wrote to PM Modi requesting him to allow the Covid-19 vaccination of all people above the age of 25 years in the state.
Thackeray said that lowering the age to 25 will protect the young people from the rapid spread of Covid-19 at a time when they are stepping outside their homes to earn a livelihood.
CM Thackeray wrote that the young generation is also getting infected by the virus, and to prevent the spread, people above 25 years be made eligible for vaccination.
“I request you to consider lowering the age group (of COVID-19 vaccine beneficiaries) to 25 years, as the states facing the surge are having to place curbs to safeguard the lives of the population. However, if a larger number of our young and working population is vaccinated, the intensity of the cases would be much lower than the treatment that they need today,” CM Thackeray wrote, reported PTI.
In the same letter, CM Uddhac Thackeray also happened to request the PM to provide Maharashtra 1.5 crore additional doses of Covid vaccines.
He said: “We are trying to speed up the vaccination. Hence, the Centre should provide us with extra doses. We are ready to vaccinate everyone above the age of 45 in just three weeks from six most affected districts like Mumbai, Pune, Thane, Nashik, Aurangabad, and Nagpur.”
The letter also included a Thank You message to the Prime Minister for accepting his proposal of allowing all persons aged above 45 years to get vaccinated.
On 3 April, 4.62 lakh people were vaccinated in Maharashtra, where 76.86 lakh people have received the jabs so far.
