Chhattisgarh reports 15,625 fresh COVID-19 cases, 15,830 discharges, and 181 deaths in the last 24 hours Active cases: 1,25,688 Total discharges: 1,14,644 Death toll: 6,274

PM Modi interacted with vaccine manufacturers from across the country via VC today. He urged the vaccine manufacturers to continuously scale up the production capacity to vaccinate people in the shortest possible time: PMO

PM also assured all possible support,smooth approval process for the vaccine candidates which are currently under trial phase. The vaccine manufacturers thanked PM for Govt’s decision of allowing vaccination for everyone above the age of 18: PMO

Imports of Remdesivir API, injection and specific inputs have been made import duty free: Union Minister Piyush Goyal

Insurance scheme under COVID19 Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package (PMGKP) for healthcare workers fighting COVID19 has been extended for a period of one year with effect from today: Union Health Minister DrHarsh Vardhan

Assam to give free vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years. Funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi last year shall be utilized for the procurement of vaccines. Today, we’ve placed orders for 1 crore doses with Bharat Biotech: Himanta Biswa Sarma, Assam Health Minister

India gets elected to 3 UN Economic and Social Council bodies - Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Executive Board of UN Women and Executive Board of the World Food Programme: Permanent Mission of India to the UN

Bihar reports 10,455 new #COVID19  cases in the last 24 hours, taking the active cases in the state to 56354

Today, a total of 2175 challans were issued (for mask violation, spitting and social distancing violation). While 267 masks were distributed to needy persons: Delhi Police