"Vaccine Free For All Above 18... Corona Will Lose": Yogi Adityanath
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State authorities have also ordered a weekend lockdown, from Friday 8 pm to Monday 7 am - and a night curfew barring movement of all but essential service providers
Uttar Pradesh will offer the Covid vaccine free of cost from May 1, when India's vaccine net will widen to include all people over the age of 18. The decision was taken late Tuesday at a cabinet meeting chaired by Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, who last week tested positive for the virus. प्यारे प्रदेशवासियों,आज मंत्रिपरिषद की बैठक में यह निर्णय लिया गया है कि उत्तर प्रदेश में 18 वर्ष से अधिक आयु के सभी प्रदेशवासियों का कोरोना टीकाकरण @UPGovt द्वारा निःशुल्क कराया जाएगा।कोरोना हारेगा, भारत जीतेगा... Assam will give FREE vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years. GOI is giving free vaccines for 45 +.Funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi last year shall be utilized for procurement of vaccines.Today itself, we've placed orders for 1 cr doses with @BharatBiotech.@PMOIndiapic.twitter.com/U6hutOEOhg UP has also ordered a weekend lockdown, from Friday 8 pm to Monday 7 am - and a night curfew barring movement of all but essential service providers. "... in the meeting of the Council of Ministers today it has been decided that coronavirus vaccination of all the people above 18 years of age in Uttar Pradesh will be made free... Coronavirus will lose, India will win," Adityanath tweeted.
The BJP-led Mahayuti alliance clinched a historic victory in the Maharashtra Assembly Elections, winning 235 out of 288 seats.
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The BJP has managed a successful course correction in Maharashtra, where just a few months ago, it has slid massively in the Lok Sabha polls.
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Jan Suraaj candidates failed to make a significant impact, finishing third in three constituencies and one in the fourth position.
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The prime minister said the Maharashtra election also shows that only one Constitution will work in India and that was given to the people of the country by B R Ambedkar.
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