The
government
of
India
on
Monday
announced
that
everyone
above
the
age
of
18
will
be
eligible
to
take
the
COVID-19
vaccine
from
May
1.
The
decision
was
taken
in
a
meeting
chaired
by
Prime
Minister
Narendra
Modi
in
order
to
check
the
surge
in
Coronavirus
cases
Many
Bollywood
celebs
including
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan,
Riteish
Deshmukh,
Swara
Bhaskar
among
others
have
reacted
to
the
news.
They
took
to
their
respective
social
media
handles
to
laud
the
decision.
Kareena
Kapoor
Khan
shared
a
post
on
her
Instagram
story
and
wrote,
“Let’s
do
this
India.”
Riteish
Deshmukh,
on
the
other
hand
took
to
twitter
and
wrote,
“Its
a
great
decision
by
the
government
to
open
up
the
covid
19
vaccination
for
everyone
above
18
years
old.
#vaccineforall.”
Its
a
great
decision
by
the
government
to
open
up
the
covid
19
vaccination
for
everyone
above
18
years
old.
#vaccineforall
Sona
Mohapatra
also
welcomed
the
news
and
wrote,
“I
just
read
that
18
plus
years
to
be
eligible
for
vaccination
from
May
1,
2021.
#BestNews
.
#India
#WeShallOvercome
#COVID19.”
Swara
Bhaskar
too
commended
the
new
development.
She
retweeted
the
news
on
Twitter
and
wrote,
“Finally!
Yes,
thank
you.”
Producer
Ronnie
Screwvala
requested
everyone
to
mask
up
and
wrote,
“Excellent
news
that
all
above
18
can
get
vaccinated
👍.
But
all
our
young
Indians
do
remember
this
vaccination
is
not
making
us
SuperMan
or
IronMan
–
just
SaferMan
!!
Got
the
point
👍.
We
still
need
to
mask
up
and
be
super
careful
–
long
journey
ahead.”
Excellent
news
that
all
above
18
can
get
vaccinated
👍.
But
all
our
young
Indians
do
remember
this
vaccination
is
not
making
us
SuperMan
or
IronMan
-
just
SaferMan
!!
Got
the
point
👍.
We
still
need
to
mask
up
and
be
super
careful
-
long
journey
ahead
For
the
unversed,
many
Bollywood
stars
including
Varun
Dhawan,
Vicky
Kaushal,
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Alia
Bhatt,
Aamir
Khan,
Bhumi
Pednekar,
Akshay
Kumar,
Govinda
Katrina
Kaif,
Kartik
Aaryan
and
more
were
infected
by
the
COVID-19
in
the
last
few
weeks.
It
must
also
be
noted
that
many
stars
such
as
Amitabh
Bachchan,
Salman
Khan,
Sanjay
Dutt,
Kamal
Haasan,
Nagarjuna,
Dharmendra
among
others
have
got
their
first
dose
of
the
COVID-19
vaccine.