NEW DELHI: In the run-up to its efforts to reach the milestone of administering 100 crore Covid vaccine doses and to counter hestiancy, the central government on Saturday launched an audio-visual song produced and sung by renowned singer Kailash Kher. The song emphasises how vaccination has saved the country and its people from Covid-19 and that it’s the only way to defeat the virus.
“This song will help dispelling myths about vaccination and overcoming rampant vaccine hesitancy,” health minister Mansukh Mandaviya said. “In the coming week, India will achieve the landmark milestone of 100 crore vaccine doses,” he reiterated. As of Saturday, approximately 74% people above 18 years have been vaccinated with the first dose. Mandaviya along with minister of petroleum and natural gas Hardeep Singh Puri jointly launched this audio-visual song on vaccination.
The minister aaid that the day the 100 crore vaccine dose mark is reached, the government will launch one more song produced by Kher to build on the campaign.
The song emphasises how vaccination has saved the country and its people from Covid-19 and that it’s the only way to defeat the virus.