All people above 18 years of age will get Corona vaccine from May 1

Decision after PM Modi's meeting

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New Delhi: Amid the worsening situation of Coronavirus infection in the country, the central government has made a big announcement regarding the vaccination on Monday. Under this, the government is going to start the third phase of corona vaccine vaccination in the country from May 1. In this, all people above the age of 18 years will be eligible to get Covid 19 vaccines. The central government’s decision came after Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s meeting with pharmaceutical companies and top doctors on Monday.

The government says that in the third phase of the world’s largest vaccination campaign, the eligibility for purchase and vaccination of vaccines is being relaxed. On behalf of the government, companies making Corona vaccine have been given the right to sell up to 50 percent of their supplies to the state governments and open market at the previously announced price.

The corona vaccine was first introduced to frontline workers, health workers, and people over 60 years of age. After this, people above the age of 45 years are being vaccinated. The government says that this system will continue in this way.

In a meeting with doctors and pharmaceutical companies, PM Modi has said that the Covid-19 epidemic is spreading fast in small cities as well. Efforts to upgrade resources at such places need to be intensified. He has asked doctors to make people aware of the rumors on Covid-19.

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New cases of coronavirus infection are coming in daily in record number for the last several days in India. With a record of 2,73,810 new cases reported on a day of Covid-19 on Monday, the total cases of infection crossed 1.5 million. About 25 lakh new cases have come up within the last 15 days. According to the data released by the Union Health Ministry on Monday morning, the number of under-treated patients in the country has also gone up to more than 19 lakhs.

There are a total of 1,50,61,919 cases of Covid-19 in the country. After 1,619 people died in one day, the death toll rose to 1,78,769.

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