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COVID Vaccination Drive For People Above 50 To Begin From March
The Centre has announced to expand the COVID-19 vaccination drive by initiating inoculation of the third priority group, comprising people aged 50 and above, from March. Speaking in the Lok Sabha, Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said over 27 crore people will be vaccinated in the third priority group. He also stated that under the vaccination drive which started on January 16, around 5 million people have already been inoculated.