New Delhi: NITI Aayog member VK Paul on Monday said that there is enough stock of vaccine available in the country for the first stage vaccination of people battling the corona epidemic, including health workers. Mr Paul is also the chairman of the National Expert Group on Corona Vaccination. He said that the government will soon disclose its plan for the purchase and distribution of the vaccine.

Paul said in an interview, "In our first phase, the priority group will receive the vaccine, which includes people at high risk of mortality and our healthcare and frontline personnel. We believe we have sufficient reserves for them.” India's drug regulator DCGI on Sunday approved limited emergency use of the two vaccines. Among the two vaccines for which the Drug Controller General of India has approved limited emergency, use is Covishield, developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca in collaboration with the Serum Institute of India (SII) and wholly indigenous cocaine made by domestic pharmaceutical company Bharat Biotech. 

Paul further said that three to four months from now, other vaccines will also be available and then the reserves will also increase. He said that then the vaccination program could be expedited.

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