India's vaccine drive science-born, science-driven, says PM Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi visits Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital as India crossed the 1 billion Covid-19 vaccine dose milestone, in New Delhi, on Thursday. Pic/ PTI

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the nation at 10 am on Friday, his office said. His address comes a day after the cumulative Covid-19 vaccine doses crossed the landmark figure of 100 crore in India.

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The prime minister had hailed it as history being scripted and, in an opinion piece on Friday, he described India's Covid-19 vaccination drive as a journey from "anxiety to assurance" that has made the country emerge stronger, and credited its success to people's trust in the vaccines despite "various efforts to create mistrust and panic".

(WITH PTI INPUTS)