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Kudos to all those who took precaution doses today: Modi on COVID-19 vaccination

| @indiablooms | Jan 11, 2022, at 03:58 am

New Delhi: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday thanked those people who took the booster jab against COVID-19.

He asked all people eligible for the shot to take it.

"India began administering Precaution Doses. Kudos to those who have got vaccinated today. I would request all those who are eligible to get vaccinated. As we all know, vaccination remains among the most effective means to fight COVID-19," he said.

The inoculation of anti-COVID-19 booster doses for frontline workers and people aged 60 or more began in India on Monday amid the reporting of a massive 1.79 lakh infections in the last 24 hours.

As per the Union Health Ministry's daily update, 1,79,723 COVID-19 cases have been reported from across the country of 1.3 billion people in the last 24 hours.

In the same span of time, 146 people died of the virus while the health experts claim the fatality rate due to the latest COVID-19 variant, Omicron, is minimum.

The tally of Omicron cases, that have kept the health facilities on their toes, on Monday surged to 4,033 though the actual figure including the unreported ones is expected to be far higher.

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