'Omicron Has Knocked on Our Doors': PM Modi in Year’s Last Mann Ki Baat Episode

File image of PM Modi during Mann Ki Baat event.

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Sharing his thoughts in the 84th episode of 'Mann Ki Baat' on Sunday, 26 December, Prime Minister Narendra Modi said, "We must remember that a new variant of COVID-19 Omicron has knocked on our doors. To defeat this global pandemic our effort as citizens is important."

This is the last edition of the year.

In a late-night address to the nation on Saturday, 25 December, Modi had declared that children aged 15-18 can now avail the COVID-19 vaccine, beginning 3 January.

He had also announced that healthcare and frontline workers would be able to avail the booster dose of the vaccine from 10 January.