हालांकि पूर्व स्वास्थ्य मंत्री डॉ हर्षवर्धन ने उद्धव ठाकरे के नेतृत्व वाली सरकार पर यह कहते हुए करारा हमला किया था कि वे एक सार्वजनिक स्वास्थ्य मुद्दे का “राजनीतिकरण” कर रहे हैं.
However, former health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan had come down heavily on the Uddhav Thackeray-led government saying they were “politicizing” a public health issue and “trying to divert attention from their poor vaccination efforts by continuously shifting the goalposts”.