Freshly Sworn-In CM Mamata Banerjee Writes Letter To PM Modi Requesting Covid Supplies

Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee hours after a muted swearing in ceremony swung into action and announced fresh Covid restrictions and guidelines post which she wrote a letter to the PM requesting for medical aid.

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Kolkata: TMC Leader Mamata Banerjee was sworn in for the third time as the Chief Minister of West Bengal on Wednesday morning. Hours later she wrote a letter to the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi requesting for supplies

In her short speech she announced that she will talk about the plan of action regarding the Covid-19 situation in the state and now new restrictions have come into place. 

In her letter, she emphasized on the need for free immunization and adequate vaccine supplies."I request for adequate vaccines as well as oxygen supply, hospital beds, essential drugs and free vaccination for all. We require at least 10,000 doses of Remdesivir &1000 vials of Tocilizumab every day", the letter read.

The Chief Minister has been vocal about free vaccination for all, in a letter addressed to the PM last month, she expressed apprehensions that the announced policy might lead to unscrupulous mechanism in the market, including pricing of vaccines as it appears to be based on market prices which may put the common people under huge financial burden.

Expressing her concern over Oxygen supply in the state she wrote that the demand has increased from 220 MTs per day to 400 MTs per day which she predicts will likely increase to 500 MTs per day in the next 7 days. Hence she requested the Centre to allocate the supply to at least 500 MTs per day out of the total produced by the state.

Talking about the Covid treatment drugs in the letter she stated "at least 10,000 doses of Remdesivir &1000 vials of Tocilizumab every day" is required in the state. 

Talkinga about the letter she said 'I have written to PM that there is no transparent policy on Vaccine, Oxygen and how to help the people on ground. COVID-19 is my priority that's the reason I made my first meeting on this. No incident will be tolerated related to post poll violence. BJP is showing old incidents as fresh incidents. If someone is guilty police will take action.'