Covid-19 vaccine hesitancy can be dangerous; ignore rumours: PM Modi

Coronavirus pandemic is not over in the country, says Prime Minister in Mann Ki Baat radio show.

Rumours and fear about coronavirus vaccines can be dangerous for India as the pandemic is not over, said Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday.

"I have taken both doses. My mother is almost hundred years old, she has taken both vaccines too. Please do not believe any negative rumours relating to vaccines,” he said on Mann ki Baat, his monthly radio speech to the nation.

“Those who are spreading rumours on vaccines, let them be. The threat of Covid-19 remains and we have to focus on vaccination,” he said.

India vaccinated on June 21 more than 8 million people marking