Coronavirus India Live Updates: After PM Modi’s name for mass vaccination, ‘Tika Utsav’ begins at the moment

An NSG commando will get the Covid-19 vaccine at BKC vaccination centre on Saturday. (Express photograph by Ganesh Shirsekar)
As Maharashtra noticed the primary day of a weekend lockdown after 5 days of daytime restrictions and evening curfews, Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray Saturday indicated that the state authorities would seemingly impose an extended lockdown of as much as 15 days to interrupt the chain of an infection, beginning Monday, April 12.
At a gathering of representatives from the ruling three-party Maha Vikas Aghadi, and the opposition Bharatiya Janata Party, he sought the cooperation of all events for any determination that the state will take on this regard. Thackeray was assured help by all these current, together with former Chief Minister and chief of opposition Devendra Fadnavis.
Fadnavis demanded that the federal government spell out an in depth plan to allay the fears of individuals about job losses and livelihood points in the course of the lockdown.