COVID-19: PM Narendra Modi to chair all-party meet on Dec 4

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will hold an all-party meeting on Friday morning to discuss the coronavirus situation in the country, sources told NDTV.

The Prime Minister will meet the floor leaders of all parties to assess the situation on the ground; it is, however, not clear whether the meeting will be held in person or through video-conferencing, Hindustan Times reported.

Prime Minister Modi on Monday had virtual meetings with 3 teams working on developing & mModi anufacturing vaccine for COVID-19.

These teams were from Gennova Biopharmaceuticals Ltd Pune, Biological E Ltd Hyderabad and Dr. Reddys Laboratories Ltd Hyderabad.

The PM appreciated the efforts being taken by the scientists in these companies to come out with a vaccine solution to tackle COVID-19. The potential of various platforms for vaccine development was also discussed, read the government statement.

PM also asked the companies to come out with their suggestions and ideas regarding the regulatory processes and related matters.

He also suggested that they should take extra efforts to inform the general public in simple language about the vaccine and related matters such as its efficacy etc.

Matters relating to logistics, transport, cold chain etc in respect of delivering the vaccines were also discussed.

All the vaccine candidates discussed are at different stages of trials and detailed data and results are expected early next year onwards.

The PM advised all the departments concerned to engage with the manufacturers and seek to resolve matters so that the efforts by these companies bear fruit in order to serve the needs of the country and the entire world.