<span style="color: #222222;">Prime Minister Narendra Modi has urged people to stay guarded against COVID and the Omicron variant. Sharing his thoughts with the people in his Mann Ki Baat programme on All India Radio yesterday, Mr. Modi said scientists are studying the new Omicron variant and getting new data every day. He called upon people to step in the year 2022 with this sense of responsibility.<br />''<br />''Mr Modi said that it is because of everyone's efforts that India could fight the pandemic. He took pride that when one compares India's vaccination figures with the rest of the world, it feels that the country has achieved a huge feat. He said crossing the 140 Crore vaccine dose mark is an achievement of each and every Indian. </span>