Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray has asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi, to increase the  supply of vaccines against the novel Coronavirus to Maharashtra, where the intensified vaccination programme is expected to need 20 lakh doses per week. Currently, the state has a stock that can last 10 days.

Thackeray’s office said on Wednesday that the CM has suggested that the city’s Haffkine Institute be allowed to manufacture Covaxin. Following this, the PM agreed to explore the possibility not only at Haffkine, but in other states where such facilities are available, said the CMO.