Penal Action

Addressing the rumours regarding COVID -19 vaccine, the Union Home Secretary Ajay Bhalla asked the states to counter the spread of false information.  He said, "vested interests can create unwanted doubts among people at large" and that needs to be curbed. Besides, the letter provisioned penal actions under the Disaster Management Act and IPC for the culprits. Earlier, the health ministry had released posters to tackle the vaccine hesitancy… read-more