New Delhi India January 7, ANI The Central Government has so far given 11 crore free COVID 19 vaccine doses to West Bengal for its fight against the coronaviruses, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday while inaugurating the second campus of Chittaranjan National Cancer Institute CNCI in West Bengal's Kolkata.
West Bengal received 11 crore free doses from the Central Govt. There are over 1,500 ventilators and 9,000 oxygen cylinders provided. 49 PSA Oxygen Plants are also functional. Prime Minister Modi said that all of these would help the people of WB in the fight against COVID.
Mamata Banerjee was also present at the inauguration ceremony.
In just 5 days, more than 1.5 crore kids aged between 15 and 18 have been given the first dose of vaccine, according to the prime minister.
Over 90% of India's population has at least one dose, out of the entire eligible population. In just 5 days, over 1.5 crore kids aged between 15 -- 18 have been given a dose, said PM Modi.
The second campus of CNCI, inaugurated today via video conferencing, has been built at a cost of over Rs 530 crore, out of which around 400 crores have been provided by the Union Government and the West Bengal Government, in a ratio of 75: 25.
The campus is a 460-bed cancer centre unit with cutting-edge infrastructure for cancer diagnosis, staging, treatment, and care.