New Delhi, Mar 23, 2021: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar on Tuesday, 23 March, announced that the government has decided that from 1 April onwards, everyone above 45 years of age will be eligible for vaccination against COVID-19.
Javadekar also requested that all eligible people should immediately register for the vaccinations.
India had begun the second phase of vaccination against COVID-19 on 1 March, in which people above 60 years of age and those above 45 with co-morbidities were eligible to get the jabs.