Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Friday asked Prime Minister Narendra Modi to clarify whether the Indian manufacturers would be able to fulfil the country’s demand for vaccinating every adult. Maharashtra alone would need 12 crore doses for those in the 18-44 age group, who are scheduled to get their shots from May 1.

Thackeray posed the queries at a meeting of the PM with chief ministers of worst-affected states and UTs. Pointing that 50 per cent of the stocks would be sold to the states, private and corporate hospitals, he said, “But there is no clarity on what quantum the states would get. Also, the states should be allowed to import vaccines.”