No need for booster dose: SP leader Ram Gopal Yadav

February 02, 2022 18:57

Samajwadi Party leader and Rajya Sabha MP Ram Gopal Yadav on Wednesday claimed that there is no need for booster doses of COVID-19 vaccine, adding this is just an extra burden on the government exchequer.

Yadav's remarks came during the debate on the motion of thanks to the President's address in the Rajya Sabha. Citing the statement of an additional director general of Indian Council of Medical Research, Yadav said the officer clearly said 'no need for booster dose' of COVID-19 vaccine when he was asked by our members in presence of the health secretary and director general of ICMR.

The SP leader said that COVID vaccine manufacturing companies have already made huge profits by selling vaccines against the deadly pandemic and accused that they have consumed a huge amount of Central government.

"Why is booster dose being injected when those already given such doses are getting infected with coronavirus," Yadav asked.

The SP leader accepted that the COVID vaccine will save people from dying but it cannot stop the further spread of the disease. -- ANI

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