Comprehension Passage

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On June 21, India made a record by vaccinating around 80 lakh people against Covid-19 in a day. It marked the beginning of a fresh phase of India's ongoing vaccination drive, where the Central government has taken the control of the vaccination in the states - 75% of it. But according to experts, even this pace, which may not be ____(1)____ going forward, is not fast enough for India, Bloomberg reported.

Bloomberg interviewed experts who questioned the record vaccination figure and interpreted it as an ____(2)____ push in the number engineered by some states.

Gautam Menon, a professor of physics and biology at Ashoka University, who also works on modeling outbreaks, said to Bloomberg, "The single-day spike seems to have been the result of a concerted effort by some states, who may have stockpiled doses for this purpose. We would need to get to about 10 million doses per day to ensure that a future wave is less ____(3)____’

Chandrakant Lahariya, a New Delhi-based epidemiologist and co-author of a book on India’s battle against Covid, called it “an ____(4)____ attempt” to hit a record that would drain limited stocks, the news agency reported.

As pointed out in the report, India has covered only 4 percent of its population so far, despite ____(5)____exports of vaccines. While the availability of the doses is a concern, vaccine hesitancy in rural areas is also a serious issue, experts have said.

Which of the following is the most appropriate answer for blank no. 4?

1
frigid
2
overzealous
3
melancholic
4
chirpy
5
mellifluous

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