Coronavirus India Live Updates: Kamala Harris dials PM Modi, says US will share vaccines with India by June end

Coronavirus (Covid-19) India Lockdown and Cases News Live Updates: Today’s Covid numbers –– Delhi (487 cases), Mumbai (961 cases), Bengaluru (3533 cases), Kolkata (976 cases), Chennai (2062 cases)

Coronavirus India Live Updates: United States Vice President Kamala Harris on Thursday spoke with Prime Minister Narendra Modi and conveyed that the US will begin sharing vaccines with India, along with other countries by end of June. Following this, PM Modi thanked her for the all the support and solidarity from the US government, businesses and Indian diaspora. “I deeply appreciate the assurance of vaccine supplies to India as part of the US Strategy for Global Vaccine Sharing,” he wrote on Twitter.

Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa Thursday announced extension of lockdown for a week from June 7 to June 14 to arrest the spread of COVID-19. “We had earlier announced stringent restrictions from May 24 to June 7 to contain the spread of coronavirus. Though the infections have reduced, the spread of the disease is still on,” PTI quoted Yediyurappa as saying.

Maharashtra government, meanwhile, made a u-turn on its announcement regarding unlocking the state and clarified that the existing restrictions on account of COVID-19 have not been lifted anywhere, contrary to the announcement made by minister Vijay Wadettiwar. Relaxation of restrictions as per the situation in different areas is only under consideration and no decision has been taken, a statement from the Chief Minister’s Office (CMO) said. Earlier in the day, Wadettiwar had said the state will lift the lockdown-like restrictions in 18 out of 36 districts from Friday.