Saturday 09 January, 2021 | 3:56 PM
NEW DELHI: Prime Minister Narendra Modi is scheduled to discuss the Covid-19 vaccine roll out with all chief ministers on January 11, and the ruling BJP is preparing a massive campaign in order to allay the apprehensions among the people and remove the vaccine hesitancy, sources said.
Two vaccines – Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech along with the Indian Council of Medical Research (ICMR), and Covishield, a variant of Oxford AstraZeneca’s AZD1222 manufactured under licence by the Serum Institute of India – on January 3 received regulatory approval for restricted use in emergency situation.
Modi, in his virtual meet with the CMs, is expected to discuss the Centre’s plans with regards to the mass immunisation programme against the virus. A national dry run has recently been held to test the operational feasibility of the software platform to identify the challenges that could be faced during the vaccine rollout.