PM Modi reviews progress of India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive

NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday chaired a high level meeting to review the progress of Covid-19 vaccination drive.
During the meeting, the Prime Minister was briefed about the current availability of vaccines and the roadmap for ramping it up.
"He was also apprised about the efforts undertaken to help various vaccine manufacturers ramp up production of vaccines. Government is actively working with vaccine manufacturers & helping them in terms of facilitating more production units, financing and supply of raw materials," PMO said in a statement.
"Officials also briefed the PM on various measures being taken on the tech front to make the process of vaccination more people friendly," it added.
PM Modi also reviewed the status of vaccination coverage in health-care workers as well as front-line workers and took stock of the vaccination coverage in the above 45 as well as 18-44 age group.
He pointed out that vaccine wastage numbers are still on the higher side and steps need to be taken to bring them down.