Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold a meeting with chief ministers of states and union territories on Tuesday via video conferencing, news agency ANI reported.
At the meeting, the prime minister is expected to review the situation in worst affected states, which include – Delhi, Maharashtra, Kerala, West Bengal and Rajasthan – and have been witnessing a spike in the number of Covid-19 cases and emerged as new hotspots.
As four vaccine candidates in India are in either the second or the third phase of clinical trials, vaccine distribution and emergency authorisation are also likely to be discussed with the states.
Meanwhile, five vaccines are under different phases of clinical trials in India. The Serum Institute of India (SII) is conducting the phase-three trial of the Oxford-AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine, while Bharat Biotech and ICMR has already started the phase-three trail of the indigenously developed COVAXIN jab.