Prime Minister Narendra Modi is chairing a review meet on Covid-19 vaccines. The virtual meeting, which began at 5 pm, is being attended by senior officials in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO), the Health Secretary and NITI Aayog member (health) Dr VK Paul.
Senior officials made a presentation on the progress of Covid-19 vaccination drive during the virtual meeting on Saturday.
Earlier this month, the central government reversed course on its Covid vaccine policy by reclaiming the rights to procure 75 per cent of all jabs produced in India. The remaining 25 per cent was earmarked for private hospitals.
According to the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare's dashboard, more than 31 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines have been administered across the country to date. The government is also in talks with US pharma company Pfizer for emergency use approval for its Covid vaccine.
More details are awaited as this is a developing story.
(With inputs from Poulomi Saha)