Prime Minister Narendra Modi will chair meeting with all Chief Ministers of all the states on January 11 to discuss the coronavirus vaccine roll-out.
The meeting is expected to take place over video conferencing from 4 pm onwards.
The development comes on a day when the second COVID-19 vaccination dry run is being carried out across the country.
Earlier, the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) on January 3 had granted restricted emergency use authorisation to the Serum Institute of India (SII)’s ‘Covishield’ and Bharat Biotech’s ‘Covaxin’ vaccine.
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on January 8 said the government is ensuring every detail of the vaccination programme is conveyed to the people, i.e. from the national level to the grassroots level.
He also said the vaccines could be made available to "our countrymen" in the next few days.
The government, in the first phase of vaccination, is aiming to inoculate 30 crore people from the priority groups like frontline health workers, elderly people and those with comorbidities. However, the first to be inoculated will be frontline workers and healthcare professionals.
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