Former Union minister and Trinamool Congress leader Babul Supriyo has tested positive for Covid for the third time.
The former MP, who quit the BJP in July last year after he was asked to step down as Union minister and later joined the Mamata Banerjee-led party, posted on Twitter that he had tested positive for the infection along with his wife, father and multiple staff members.
Me, my wife, Dad, multiple staff, hv all tested positive, but my concern is the superhigh Rs.61000/- price of the Cocktail jab that needs to be given SOS to seriously ill #COVID19 patients•Dad who is 84, needed the jab SOS & I hv to buy it on-the-spot• Hw can the EWS afford it?
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) January 4, 2022He also raised concern at the high cost of the Covid cocktail shot that needs to be administered to those seriously ill. He said that while he had to buy the shot for his 84-year father and wondered how those from underprivileged sections would afford it.
"Me, my wife, Dad, multiple staff, hv all tested positive, but my concern is the superhigh Rs.61000/- price of the Cocktail jab that needs to be given SOS to seriously ill #COVID19 patients. Dad who is 84, needed the jab SOS & I hv to buy it on-the-spot. Hw can the EWS afford it?," he tweeted.
Since even the fully vaccinated are not immune fresh infections, Govt must act quickly to make this jab available in Govt hospitals simultaneously along with the ongoing vaccination drive• Vaccination is must but the cocktail is the need of the hour @mansukhmandviya@AmitShah
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) January 4, 2022Underlining that even those who have received both shots of the vaccine are not immune to fresh infections, the former MP urged the government to make this SOS jab available at state-run hospitals at the earliest.
And, this is my 3rd time•First in Nov20 when I lost my Maa & somehow saved my Dad, then again in April 21 & now???? not really worried abt the positive-ness but the sheer number of individuals who got contracted & no way to find out who gave it to whom• VERY FEW r wearing Masks???? https://t.co/1XE0X4S33v
— Babul Supriyo (@SuPriyoBabul) January 4, 2022Mr Supriyo said he first tested positive for Covid in November 2020. His mother, who was infected at the same time, passed away then. He tested positive for the second time in April 2021 during the second Covid wave in the country.
He said with very few people wearing masks now, there is no way to trace the infection anymore.
