Ramping up the inoculation drive as Covid cases surge in many states, the government today announced that citizens who are 45 and older can be vaccinated from April 1.
Ramping up the inoculation drive as Covid cases surge in many states, the government today announced that citizens who are 45 and older can be vaccinated from April 1. Announcing the expansion of the drive that started in January, union minister Prakash Javadekar today said: “I appeal to every citizen who is 45 or above to register for vaccination.”
In the current round of inoculation senior citizens and those over 45 with other illnesses were allowed to get vaccinated.
“This decision has been taken by cabinet on the basis of the advice of the coronavirus Task Force and experts,” said Mr Javadekar.
4.85 crore people have received at least one dose of the Covid vaccine and 80 lakh have received the second dose, the minister informed.
When asked on Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh’s appeal to the centre to widen the scope of vaccinations to younger people, given the spike in cases of the UK variant in his state, Me Javadekar said that he was “not a health expert and did not know the nuances of the UK variant”.
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