covid vaccine. In a series of tweets, the Prime Minister said “Today is an important day in India’s efforts to vaccinate our citizens.
Now onwards, youngsters in the 12-14 age group are eligible for vaccines and all those above 60 are eligible for precaution doses.
I urge people in these age groups to get vaccinated." Modi also lauded efforts put in by doctors, healthcare workers and other scientific community for administering more than 180.60 crore vaccine doses to eligible beneficiaries across the country so far under the nationwide vaccination drive. “Today, India has administered over 180 crore doses, which includes over 9 crore doses in age group of 15-17 and over 2 crore precaution doses.
This forms an important protective shield for our citizens against COVID-19," stated PM in a tweet. Modi termed India’s vaccination drive as the world’s largest and science-driven. “We began work to create vaccines in early 2020, to protect our citizens and strengthen our fight against the pandemic.