New Delhi, Jan. 21 -- Prime Minister Narendra Modi is likely to receive the COVID-19 vaccine in the second phase of immunization that may happen in March or April, reports said. The prime minister had earlier opposed those in government to prioritize the frontline warriors and not jump in the queue of inoculation.

"PM will take the vaccine when his turn will come after completion of the first phase," Hindustan Times reported quoting an official in the Prime Minister's Office (PMO). The 70-year-old prime minister is likely to be in the batch of 270 million people aged 50 and above and those with compromised immunity or underlying medical conditions that make them vulnerable to COVID-19.

Another official from the union health ministry, wh...