Prime Minister Narendra Modi will interact with chief ministers over the Covid-19 situation on January 13 amid the surge in coronavirus cases due to its Omicron variant, according to sources.

Fresh curbs have been imposed in various parts of the country to check the spread of the highly transmissible virus. The prime minister will interact with the chief ministers on the Covid-related situation on Thursday at 4:30 PM via video conferencing, official sources said. Reviewing the Covid situation at a high-level meeting on Sunday, Modi had called for ensuring adequate health infrastructure at the district level and accelerating the vaccination drive for adolescents in mission mode. The precaution vaccination drive for healthcare and frontline workers besides those over 60 years of age with comorbidities has also started. Vaccination remains among the most effective means to fight Covid, Modi had said.