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Covid: Cabinet approves vaccination for people above 45 years from April 1

'We request that all eligible should immediately register and get vaccinated,' said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar

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Government on Tuesday allowed people above 45 years to get vaccinated against coronavirus from April 1. 

"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," said Union Minister Prakash Javadekar about the Cabinet decision taken on Tuesday.

He said the Cabinet also decided that the second dose of the vaccine can be taken between four and eight weeks, on the advice of doctors. It was allowed to be taken between four to six weeks earlier, but scientists have

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