CAN CORONA VACCINE BE GIVEN FREE IN OUR STATE (?).

Rajesh Mohapatra,Odishabarta

ROURKELA: Corona has shaken the globe and has gripped more than 41 crores of people in its clutch. Death toll has also increased substantially and it is more than 11 lakhs and has affected the entire countries in the globe. Every country is thinking in its own way to counter this pandemic and India is now appraised by many forums for its effective management and the recovery ration is more than 83%. Odisha as a state also have been appraised by WHO for its effective COVID-19 management. Now every country is trying their best to get vaccines and as per reports more than 50 countries have put their efforts to bring the vaccine as soon as possible. Normally for preparing a vaccine it takes a year and there has been many steps and procedure followed before it hits the market. It is expected that in 2-3 months time we may get vaccine. Since election time is ahead in Bihar, one political party has come up with an assurance to voter to provide free vaccine if they come to power. Now it has been a debate. Recently Tamil Nadu has announced that they will provide corona vaccine free of cost to its people in the state. Now question comes, do we receive the same assurance from our CM in Odisha. As Naveen Patnaik is very much proactive in many decisions and steps to control corona, time has come to show his big heart by announcing the same as Tamil Nadu did. If the state Govt. comes up with a bold decision to make corona vaccine free to all the people of Odisha, then almost 4 crores population of the state is going to be benefitted by this and will give a strong impact on the stat governance. Time will say if we are so lucky like the people of Tamil Nadu (!).