Haryana prioritizes health care workers in administering the Covid-19 vaccine once it is rolled out, said Haryana chief minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Tuesday.

"We have been told to make a strategy to make the vaccine available to the general public. It is not feasible to give vaccines to all at once. In the first phase, the vaccine will be given to health care personnel and people who need it the most," Khattar told before media.

CM’s remarks came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi met chief ministers of various states to discuss the pandemic situation in the country. The prime mister said that India is in a better situation than other countries when it comes to coronavirus recovery and fatality rates but asserted that the positivity rate needs to be brought down to under five percent and the number of RT-PCR tests should be increased.

"Today I spoke to chief ministers of states where the situation is weakening. Discussions over the status and distribution of vaccine took place and the picture is clearer now... As a result of joint efforts, today India is in a better situation than other countries when it comes to recovery and fatality rates," the Prime Minister said at the virtual meet. Khattar said that his government plans to put in place stricter guidelines to contain the spread of covid-19.

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