Seeking to counter vaccine hesitancy and dispel rumours around inoculation, PM Narendra Modi on Sunday exhorted people to accept vaccines by trusting science and scientists. Over 31 crore Indians, including his nearly 100-year-old mother, have got the jab, he said.

During his monthly radio programme 'Mann ki Baat', the PM warned people Covid-19 wasn't gone as it had the potential to hit back in mutated forms. It was, therefore, important to get vaccinated and follow all Covid-appropriate behaviour, he added. "This ailment is like a master of disguise. It keeps changing its looks... surfaces in myriad new forms and colours," Modi said during his conversation with two persons of a tribal village, Dulariya, in MP's Betul district.

(With inputs from agencies)