Prime Minister Narendra Modi will meet with senior ministers and other state representatives to review the COVID-19 situation and discuss the vaccine distribution strategy tomorrow, via video conference, officials said Monday.
PM Modi is reportedly expected to hold two back-to-back meetings, one with eight states with a large number of cases and one with states and UT to discuss the vaccine distribution strategy, the sources said.
The prime minister, so far, has held several virtual meetings with states on the coronavirus situation.
While the national daily’s COVID-19 case count has hovered below 50,000 for some time, several urban centers have witnessed an increase, leading to the implementation of various measures, including touches of remains in some cities.
The central government has also been implementing measures for the rapid and effective distribution of the coronavirus vaccine when it becomes available.
Five vaccine candidates are in advanced stages of development in India, of which four are in Phase II / III and one in Phase I / II trials.
Regarding the production of vaccines in the country, Union Minister Harsh VArdhan said on Sunday that a locally developed COVID-19 candidate vaccine could complete its final trials in one to two months, raising hopes for a rapid implementation in a country with the second highest number of infections in the world.
The Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR) and private company Bharat Biotech launched third-stage trials of COVAXIN this month, in a process that would involve 26,000 volunteers. It is the most advanced Indian experimental vaccine.
“We are in the process of developing our indigenous vaccines, in the process of completing our third phase trials in the next one to two months,” Harsh Vardhan told a web conference on the pandemic.
Meanwhile, the number of COVID-19 cases from India surpassed 91 lakh with 44,059 coronavirus infections reported in one day, while the death toll rose to 1.33,738 with 511 new deaths, the Ministry of Health said on Monday. Union Health.
The number of people who have recovered from the disease has risen to 85,62,641, which exceeds active cases by 81,19,155.
A total of 44,059 people were found to be infected with COVID-19 within a 24-hour span, and ten states and UT contributed 78.74 percent of new infections.
Ten states and UT contribute 77.44% of the new recoveries.
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