covid 19 vaccine above 18
Image Source - Instagram

After a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi today (April 19), the Indian government announced a “liberalised and accelerated” Phase 3 strategy of COVID-19 vaccination. Now, all above 18 will be eligible for vaccination and it will start from May 1. This is indeed a great news amidst the surge in Covid-19 cases in the country.

Celebs like Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ananya Panday, Malaika Arora, Swara Bhasker among others welcomed this decision and thanked the government for it on social media.

[Advertisement]

Kareena Kapoor Khan wrote, “Let’s do this India” by sharing a post.

kareena kapoor post
Image Source - Instagram

Here’s Alia’s post.

alia bhatt post
Image Source - Instagram

Malaika Arora’s post.

malaika arora's post
Image Source - Instagram

Swara Bhasker’s Twitter post read, “Finally! Yes, thank you.”

Riteish Deshmukh tweeted, “Its a great decision by the government to open up the covid 19 vaccination for everyone above 18 years old. #vaccineforall.”

“Excellent news that all above 18 can get vaccinated ?. But all our young Indians do remember this vaccination is not making us SuperMan or IronMan – just SaferMan !! Got the point ?. We still need to mask up and be super careful – long journey ahead,” wrote Ronnie Screwvala.

India began its first phase of the vaccine in January using two Covid vaccines-Covishield and India Covaxin.

India is hit by the second wave of the Covid-19 pandemic and the country has clocked over two lakh cases daily in the past few days. At this time of crisis, today’s announcement by the govt brings a ray of hope.

Also Read: Former PM Manmohan Singh tests COVID positive: Celebs pray for speedy recovery of the Congress leader