It has been decided that from 1st April, the vaccine will open for everybody above 45 years of age. We request that all eligible should immediately register and get vaccinated: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar #COVID19 pic.twitter.com/RWoTORzYnW
— ANI (@ANI) March 23, 2021
The Centre announced on Tuesday that people over the age of 45 will register for the covid-19 vaccines from April 1. On Tuesday, Union Minister Prakash Javadekar made the announcement.
The country is now in the second phase of its vaccination drive. Those over the age of 60, as well as those over the age of 45 who have comorbidities, should enrol to be vaccinated.
Previously, during the first phase of the campaign, officials vaccinated frontline and healthcare employees. Javadekar said that there was no dearth of Covid-19 vaccine doses in India and urged all eligible people to register immediately and get vaccinated.
The minister said that India has till now vaccinated 4.85 crore people. “In the last 24 hours, 32.54 people got vaccines. In February daily average was around 3.50 lakh every day, but in March, the daily average [of vaccination] has reached around 15 lakh,” Prakash Javadekar said.
The minister said that the central government was monitoring the recent spike in Covid-19 cases in several parts of the country. He said that the Centre was in touch with states where numbers are going up. “States are taking their call as per their past experience,” he said.
