Top News Headlines: Good News About Vaccine Amid Coronavirus Crisis (May 13, 2021)

Underlining the critical importance of the vaccination drive, Vardhan said, "Vaccination is our big weapon in the fight against Covid-19. India is the fastest country globally to reach the landmark of administering 17 crore doses in 114 days."

"Every month, 50 per cent of the vaccine doses of every manufacturer would be available for direct procurement by the state governments and private hospitals while the government of India would continue to procure its share of 50 per cent of the vaccines and would continue to make them available to the state governments totally free of cost as was being done earlier," he said.