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Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar inaugurated the Integrated Command and Control Centre (ICCC) for managing the COVID19 pandemic in District Gurugram.

The ICCC will proactively reach out to all the patients who test COVID19 positive through various means. COVID19 patients can reach the District Administration through the helpline 1950, the specially created WhatApp Chatbot (+919643277788) and the state government web portals.

The CM reviewed the capabilities of the ICCC. He asked the officials to ensure the shortest possible reaction time to reach out to all COVID19 patients and attend to all their needs. He also reviewed the current COVID19 cases in the state and directed officials to integrate their efforts to ensure a comprehensive response of those afflicted by the pandemic.

Amid a high voltage drama that started on Monday morning in West Bengal, the CBI Special Court has granted bail to four TMC leaders who were arrest by the CBI.

In the morning, sleuths of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) arrested two Trinamool Congress ministers, Firhad Hakim and Subrata Mukherjee, along with present MLA Madan Mitra and former Kolkata Corporation Mayor Sovon Chattopadhyay in connection with the Narada sting tapes cases, in which several politicians and a high-ranked police officer were allegedly found accepting cash for providing unofficial favours to the company.

While the whole country is grappling with growing COVID positive cases, Jammu and Kashmir is also witnessing huge increase in the cases as well the COVID related deaths. And the government has said that to beat this second deadly wave, vaccination is the only way out.

However, Kashmir valley is facing immense shortage of vaccines. According to a government release, not a single dose of vaccine has been given to people in the last 5 days. The J&K media bulletin clearly shows that in all the ten districts of Kashmir valley, not a single vaccine dose has been given to any citizen.

The government recently announced that there could be a gap of 12 to 16 weeks between two doses of Covishield Vaccine. Many theories are doing rounds behind the decision to extend the gap. While some are saying that the vaccine will work better, others are saying that the decision has been taken due to the unavailability of the Serum Institute's Covishield vaccine. Top medical experts Dr. Srinath Reddy, President of Public Health Foundation of India and Dr. Chandrakant Lahariya, Epidemiologist and Public Policy and Health System Expert, join us to put light on the issue. #CNBCTV18 #COVD-19Battle #IndiaGetsVaccinated #CovishieldVaccineCNBC-TV18 is India's No.1 Business medium and the undisputed leader in business news.