Imports of Russia's Sputnik V vaccine are due to arrive soon and the government has also urged Pfizer, Moderna and Johnson and Johnson to sell their products to India.
Kolkata: Beneficiaries wait at a health centre to receive the dose of Covid-19 vaccine amid surge in coronavirus cases, in Kolkata on Monday. (PTI Photo )
By hindustantimes.com | Written by Kanishka Sarkar, Hindustan Times, New Delhi
PUBLISHED ON APR 20, 2021 06:59 AM IST
Covid-19 vaccination for all above 18 years of age is seen as a major step in controlling the second wave of Covid-19 in which India’s infection tally has reached 15,061,919.
The PM’s meeting was one among several that he took throughout the day, covering critical issues of health infrastructure and the assembly elections in West Bengal, as per the officials.
A migrant worker's family waits at a bus station to board a bus to return to their village after Delhi government ordered a six-day lockdown to limit the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ghaziabad on the outskirts of New Delhi.
In India, the caseload of active cases neared 2 million as the Covid-19 situation remained grim in several states. In Delhi, thousands of migrant workers have gathered at ISBTs as panic ensued after the 6-day lockdown announcement. Maharashtra remained the worst-affected state with a caseload of 3,898,262 cases.
