BREAKING | People Aged Above 45 Now Eligible For COVID-19 Vaccine From April 1; Check Details

<p><strong>New Delhi: </strong>In a major breakthrough for the people amid second wave of Coronavirus cases, the central government on Tuesday announced that anyone above the age of 45 can now get vaccinated for COVID-19 from April 1.</p> <p>Union Minister P Javadekar in a press conference today said, "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".</p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;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 &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/COVID19?src=hash&amp;amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;#COVID19&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/RWoTORzYnW"&gt;pic.twitter.com/RWoTORzYnW&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; ANI (@ANI) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/ANI/status/1374294997382533123?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;March 23, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>"As per the advice by scientists and world scientist bodies, the second dose can be administered between 4th and 8th week, particularly for COVISHIELD. We appeal that all above 45 should take the vaccine as early as possible that will provide them shield against Coronavirus," the union minister added.</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p> <p>&nbsp;</p>

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