A man in Madhya Pradesh's Betul got himself and his entire family vaccinated against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19) after being encouraged by Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Rajesh Hirave, from Dulariya village in Betul district, was one of the people the Prime Minister spoke to during his Mann Ki Baat address and urged to shun vaccine hesitancy. The chat between PM Modi and Hirave was pre-recorded and aired on Sunday as part of Mann Ki Baat programme. After bring prodded by the Prime Minister, Hirave also encouraged other people in his village to take the vaccine shot. The Prime Minister said that his nearly 100-year-old mother has also taken both the doses of Covid-19 vaccine, and asked him to trust science.

Source: Hindustan Times June 27, 2021 09:33 UTC