TIL Desk/National/New Delhi/ Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s announcement that the Centre would provide COVID-19 vaccines free of charge to all above the age of 18 years has injected a new strength to the fight against the pandemic, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh said on Monday.
Singh said the prime minister’s announcement has given great relief to the people of the country. “By announcing free vaccine from the central government to all the countrymen above the age of 18, Prime Minister Narendra Modi has given great relief to the public and a new strength to fight against coronavirus,” the defence minister tweeted.
“I heartily congratulate the prime minister for this public welfare decision,” he said. In an address to the nation, Modi announced that the central government would provide vaccines free of charge to all above 18 years from June 21. In a series of tweets in Hindi, Singh said Modi has completely quashed the efforts by some to spread apprehensions about the COVID vaccines in India.
