India has enough stockpile of the COVID-19 vaccine for inoculation of priority groups, including healthcare workers and frontline workers, in the first phase, Niti Aayog member V K Paul said on Monday.Paul, who is also the Chairman of National Expert Group On Vaccine Administration for COVID-19 (NEGVAC) further said the government will soon announce its plans for purchase and distribution of COVID-19 vaccine."Our first phase (of vaccination) comprises priority groups with high risk of mortality and our healthcare and frontline workers.
For them, we believe, we have enough (COVID-19 vaccine) stockpile," he told PTI in an interview.India's drug regulator DCGI on Sunday approved the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum.