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Experts believe wait for COVID-19 vaccine will not be long: PM Modi at all-party meet

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In what seems like a ray of hope amid the grim COVID-19 pandemic situation, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Friday said that “experts believe wait for COVID-19 vaccine will not be long, it may be ready in a few weeks.” He also said that India would start the COVID-19 vaccination programme after experts gave the go-ahead and asserted that healthcare workers involved in treating coronavirus patients, frontline workers, and older people suffering from serious conditions would be inoculated on priority.

PM Modi chaired an all-party meeting with ministerial colleagues and select opposition leaders on Friday to discuss the Coronavirus pandemic situation and the potential availability of a vaccine in the near future and its distribution in India.

The virtual meeting began at 10.45 am, in which Defence Minister Rajnath Singh, Union Home Minister Amit Shah and Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan, apart from Health Ministry Secretary, were also present.

The leaders of opposition parties will be taken into confidence on the measures taken by the central government so far to prevent more coronavirus cases in the country. In this regard, PM Modi said, “Public health will be the top priority as far as COVID-19 vaccine pricing is concerned, states will be fully involved.” 

“The Centre is working on the basis of suggestions from state governments about who will be inoculated in the first phase of the vaccination drive,” he said.

“Our scientists are very confident of succeeding in their endeavour of developing a vaccine against COVID-19. There are names of vaccines from different countries doing the rounds in the market, but the world is keeping a watch on having the cheapest and safest vaccine. That is why, it is natural that the world is watching India,” he added.

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