AP spent Rs.2,229 Cr. to check Covid pandemic: AP CM

Vijayawada, May 20 (UNI) Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Y S Jagan Mohan Reddy has said that Rs.2,229 crore has been spent by the government on the Covid control during the last 14 months and A P is among the first states to go for global tenders for vaccines and bids will be open on June 3.

During the motion of thanks to Governor Biswa Bhushan Harichandan’s address, the Chief Minister in the Legislative Assembly said on Thursday that the supply of oxygen and distribution of vaccines were Centralized and the State had been making all efforts in fighting Covid.

He said that the State government was airlifting oxygen tankers to Odisha every day to get oxygen supplies at the earliest and also importing oxygen cryogenic tankers from other countries. “Keeping the future needs in view, the government is setting up 53 oxygen generating plants in all identified hospitals across the State and further purchasing 50 cryogenic tankers, 18500 oxygen concentrators and 10,000 b-type cylinders with Rs.309 crore”, he informed.

Asserting that the entire country is fighting a battle with Covid-19, where vaccination is the only way to win over the pandemic, the Chief Minister said that the opposition TDP leaders were intentionally politicising the vaccination issue despite knowing the facts. He made it clear that the government is ready to spend money to procure vaccines for all aged above 18 in the state and called for global tenders for sourcing the vaccine doses.

The Chief Minister said that in Andhra Pradesh alone, over seven crore doses would be required to cover all those above 18 years, but the Centre has given only 76,29,580 doses to date, which is around 10 per cent of the total requirement.

He assured that vaccination would be done free of cost once sufficient doses reach the State and meanwhile he urged the public to take appropriate precautions as living with Covid would be part of everyone’s lives until vaccination was done. He later announced that a fixed deposit of Rs 10 lakh would be made for every child who lost both their parents due to Covid-19 infection, as they could lead their lives with the monthly interest and could use the money when they grow up.

During the last 23 months, the government had included a total of 2,400 treatments including the treatment for Covid-19 and Black Fungus in the Arogyasri scheme. For treating Black Fungus, the government had identified 17 hospitals. Also, like no other government, as many as 1180 ambulance vehicles were procured and equipped with all necessary medical infrastructures.

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