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Highlights Centre on Thursday will start giving COVID-19 vaccine jabs to people above 45 years of age. Over 6.43 cr doses have been given across India since COVID vaccination drive started on January 16, 2021. New Delhi: The Centre on Thursday (April 1, 2021) will start giving COVID-19 vaccine jabs to people above 45 years of age. The announcement on the same was made on March 23 by Union Minister Prakash Javadekar amid a surge in COVID-19 cases across India. Javadekar had urged all the eligible people to immediately register and get vaccinated. The first phase of the coronavirus vaccination drive in India had kicked off on January 16, 2021, in which the healthcare workers and the frontline workers were vaccinated. Keeping in view its pace of giving vaccine jabs, the Centre then extended the vaccination to people above 60 years and to individuals above 45 years of age with comorbidities.

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