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Covid vaccine age limit eased, MHA issues new guidelines to curb spread: Top developments

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inoculation drive amid a surge in new Covid-19 cases, the Central Government has eased the age limit on vaccination, allowing all those above 45 years in age to get the dose from 1 April.The nationwide vaccination drive was rolled out on 16 January with healthcare workers getting inoculated while frontline workers began getting the shots from 2 February.The second phase of the world's largest vaccination campaign commenced on 1 March for those who are over 60 years of age and for people aged 45 and above with specified co-morbid conditions.The government's move to ease the age limit for coronavirus vaccination is expected to provide a big boost to the inoculation programme in the country amid a recent spurt in daily Covid-19 cases in some.

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