States must ramp up cold storage system for Covid vaccine: Modi tells CMs

Prime Minister held two meetings through video with eight Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors to discuss the coronavirus situation in the states and preparations for vaccine delivery

India's priority is to make a coronavirus vaccine "safe on all scientific standards" available to all its citizens, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi in a meeting with chief ministers on Tuesday.

The central government and states have to "work together" in controlling the coronavirus pandemic and "no one can impose any view", Modi told the chief ministers of eight states worst affected in the pandemic. Modi held two meetings through video with Chief Ministers and Lieutenant Governors to discuss the coronavirus situation in the states and preparations for vaccine delivery. With a daily increase of 44,059 in total cases, India’s tally