DC Edit | A good move, as Covid cases up
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DC Edit | A good move, as Covid cases up

Deccan Chronicle  

The decision of the Union government to push the vaccination programme further against Covid-19 by making the precaution dose free for those who are aged above 18 years has come not one day sooner. That only one per cent of the eligible population aged between 18 and 59 has got the precaution dose calls on the government to redouble its efforts to administer the booster dose. India on Thursday recorded more than 20,138 new Covid cases — the number touched this high after a gap of four months. The government must seriously reconsider introducing nationwide precautionary steps, including making masks mandatory, before it is too late.

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