New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is going to meet with the Chief Ministers of all States on Monday at 4 pm, said sources. Modi meets virtually with all the Chief Ministers in the country regarding vaccination against the Covid- 19 that is expected to start later this month.

The meeting to discuss vaccine rollout comes days after the country’s drug regulator approved restricted emergency use of two vaccines against Covid – 19, Serum Institute’s Covishield and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin. Covishield developed by Oxford University and being manufactured by Serum Institute is over 70 percent effective. Covaxin is currently on phase 3 trials but is “safe and provides a robust immune response,” the DCGA had said last week.

The vaccines could be made available as early as the “next few days”, said Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday. The Government has ensured that every detail of the vaccination programme is conveyed to the people, he added. He reviewed the second national dry run to test the country’s vaccine delivery system before rollout. In the first phase of vaccination, the Government plans to inoculate 30 crore people from the priority groups like frontline health workers, elderly people and those with comorbidities. The first to be inoculated will be healthcare professionals and frontline workers, he said.