One month after banker Uday Kotak wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi as president of the Confederation of Indian Industry (CII), the private sector has still not been involved in Covid vaccinations across the country. In his January 14 letter to the Prime Minister, Mr Kotak wrote, ''Hospitals [should] be allowed to vaccinate critical patients and paying clients, eventually, for ensuring that the vaccine reaches all in the shortest possible time period, while not diverting resources from the Government's strategy of beneficiaries.''