India has informed that nearly 120 million doses of the Covid19 vaccine will be available for domestic use in June as several states flagged a shortage and suspended their inoculation drive this month. Munia Iffat reports.

• India has fully vaccinated only about 3 percent of its population against Covid-19 till date.
•        The Indian government said in a press release that 60.9 million doses will be made available to states for vaccination of frontline workers and people above the age of 45. States and private hospitals can purchase another 58.6 million available doses.
• This is a major increase from the month of May when 79.4 million doses were available in India.
• India reported on Monday its lowest daily rise since April 11in new coronavirus infections at 152,734 cases over the past 24 hours, while deaths rose by 3,128.
• Indian Health ministry data showed, the South Asian nation's tally of infections now stands at 28 million, while the death toll has reached 329,100.
• Recently an Indian man who had been recovering from the coronavirus but with three types of fungus, black, white, and rare yellow die in India.

Meanwhile, UK’s vaccine minister Nadhim Zahawi said that the decision to lift the final lockdown restrictions in England will be made after data on infection, hospitalization, vaccination and new variants are assessed. He added the findings will be shared with the country on 14 June.