The West Bengal government is issuing certificates of Covid 19 vaccination to the people in the age group of 18-44 .sponsored by the state with the photogrtaph of Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee
– An official said Saturday this is being done since the state government has been procuring vaccines directly from the manufacturers from its own resources.
While beneficiaries of 45 plus are getting certificates of vaccination with the photograph of Prime Minister Narendra Modi as in other parts of the country, but those falling in the 18-44 age bracket have photographs of Mamata Banerjee.
“The government has started procuring vaccines directly from the manufacturers and arranging for inoculating the pouplation. That is the reason it has been decided to use photograph of the CM on the certificates,” a senior state official told PTI on condition of anonymity.
