Updated On: 24 March, 2022 07:02 AM IST | Mumbai | The Editorial
In March, an average of 1,316 citizens, including around 720 adults, received their first dose daily. These are mostly people who had not taken the vaccines out of fear or had gone to their hometowns in other states, had allergies or were in critical condition after contracting Covid-19

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It has been a year since the COVID-19 vaccination drive began and yet, a number of citizens are still coming to vaccination centres for their first dose.
In March, an average of 1,316 citizens, including around 720 adults, received their first dose daily. These are mostly people who had not taken the vaccines out of fear or had gone to their hometowns in other states, had allergies or were in critical condition after contracting COVID. There are other reasons like old age and pregnancy. There were the anti-vaxxers who may have now changed their minds seeing that there has not been any serious side effect of the vaccines.