MUMBAI: After a meeting chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi yesterday (April 19), the Indian government announced a 'liberalised and accelerated' Phase 3 strategy of COVID-19 vaccination. 

Now, everyone above 18 will be eligible for vaccination and it will start from May 1. This is indeed 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.

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

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Alia’s posted:

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Malaika Arora’s posted:

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Swara Bhasker’s Twitter post read, "Finally! Yes, Thank You.".

Finally! Yes thank you! https://t.co/nx6DkAFsF5

— Swara Bhasker (@ReallySwara) April 19, 2021

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

Its a great decision by the government to open up the covid 19 vaccination for everyone above 18 years old. #vaccineforall

— Riteish Deshmukh (@Riteishd) April 19, 2021

“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.

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

— Ronnie Screwvala (@RonnieScrewvala) April 19, 2021

India began it's 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 government brings a ray of hope.

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