Starting May 1 Vaccines To Be Made Available For All Above 18

New Delhi: In a big announcement made on Monday, starting May 1, all above 18 years will be vaccinated. This was decided after a series of meeting held by Prime Minister Narendra Modi throughout the day on today.

All above 18 years of people will be vaccinated in "a liberalised and accelerated Phase 3 strategy of COVID-19 vaccination", the government said in a statement.

The decision comes on a day when India reported a new record high of 2.73 lakh cases in a day. India has crossed 1.5 crore COVID cases.

So far, only those above 45 years are being vaccinated, preference being given to frontline workers.

"Government has been working hard from over a year to ensure that maximum numbers of Indians are able to get the vaccine in the shortest possible of time," PM Modi said.

The government has been taking several measures to ensure that vaccines are available.

Further details awaited

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