AR Rahman with his son Ameen (Image Courtesy: Instagram/ ARRahman) 
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AR Rahman, son receive first dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Music maestro AR Rahman and his son, singer AR Ameen, on Monday said they have received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine. Rahman, 54, shared a selfie with 18-year-old Ameen on his Instagram page.

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"Vaccinated #1stjabdone #covishield have you?" the Oscar winner wrote alongside the photo. 

Ameen shared the same selfie on his account and captioned the post as "#vaccinated". 

The central government launched the nationwide drive in March this year to vaccinate everyone above 60 years of age and those aged between 45 and 59 with co-morbidities. 

From May 1, the central and state governments started vaccinating people aged between 18 and 44. 

India reported 1,00,636 fresh COVID-19 cases, the lowest in 61 days, taking the infection tally to 2,89,09,975, while the number of active cases dropped to 14,01,609, according to the Union Health Ministry's data updated on Monday.

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