Addressing an all-party meeting over the coronavirus situation in the country, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, experts believe the wait for the vaccine will not be long, adding that it may be ready in a few weeks.
"India will start Covid vaccination after experts give the nod," PM Modi said.
The vaccine distribution and administration is given to a national experts group. Advice will be taken from them on a comprehensive and real-time manner, he added.
India recorded 36,594 fresh COVID-19 infections in the last 24 hours, taking the overall coronavirus case count to 95.71 lakh. At 3 per cent, the daily tally is marginally higher than Wednesday's, government data shows. The country Covid death count rose to 1,39,188 as 540 people lost their lives to the disease.
Total active cases, or those receiving treatment for COVID-19, fell to 4,16,082 as total discharged cases shot past the 90-lakh mark with 42,916 people recovering from COVID-19 in the last 24 hours.
