India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said, vaccines for everyone over 18 as Delhi vows free rations for 800 million people until November. Munia Iffat reports.

• India’s prime minister has announced that Delhi will centralize the country's inoculation drive and providing vaccines to regional states free of charge for all Indians over the age of 18 from June 21.
• In a statement on Monday, Narendra Modi said that 25% of the vaccination program will be handed back from the states to the central government within the next two weeks. “The Centre is taking back total control of vaccination now,” he told.
• During the National statement, Modi also said, “The government is with the poor during this pandemic. Nobody should sleep hungry.”
• Modi added that the nation’s supply of Covid-19 doses would increase in the coming weeks and that would allow the government to roll out vaccines to everyone over the age of 18. Modi said that more vaccines were in the pipeline, including a possible nasal version. The announcement came as India registered its lowest Covid-19 infections in two months, with just over 100,000 new cases.
• All vaccines administered by the state will be free of charge, but those who want to skip queues can visit private hospitals, which are permitted to buy 25% of the vaccine shots produced in the country directly from its manufacturers.

India has reported less than 1 lakh daily coronavirus cases for the first in the last 63 days. The 86,498 cases are also the lowest in 66 days.