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PM s picture excluded from COVID-19 vaccine certificates in poll-bound states: sources
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Last Updated: Mar 11, 2021, 02:48 PM IST
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In a letter to the Election Commission on March 9, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan is learnt to have said that technical measures to comply with the directions of EC have been explored promptly.
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The Union Health Ministry has applied filters in its Co-Win platform in poll-going states and a union territory to exclude the picture of the prime minister from the COVID-19 vaccine certificates, sources said on Thursday. In a letter to the Election Commission on March 9, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan is learnt to have said that technical measures to comply with the directions of EC have been explored promptly.
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