NEW DELHI : Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday morning tweeted that he took his first dose of the covid-19 vaccine at AIIMS.With eight states showing a spike in fresh infections, India is set to start its second phase of covid-19 vaccination from Monday, now extended to senior citizens and people aged 45 and over with co-morbidities.“Took my first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS," PM Modi said in his tweet.“Remarkable how our doctors and scientists have worked in quick time to strengthen the global fight against COVID-19," he said in the tweet.This follows a lukewarm response to the first phase, which aimed to vaccinate 30 million health and other frontline workers but achieved less than half the number.
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