Directions: Read the passage given below carefully and then answer the questions that follow. 

India’s Covid-19 tally has ______(1)______11.9 million with 62,258 fresh cases recorded on Saturday. The toll from the coronavirus disease is also on the rise with 291 _____(2)_____reported in a single day. As the cases continue to witness a huge daily spike, with most cases coming from Maharashtra, the government has _____(3)_____all citizens above 45 years of age to take the vaccine from April 1 onwards.

On Friday, as Maharashtra logged 36,902 new cases, the highest single-day increase ever, chief minister Uddhav Thackeray _____(4)_____a night curfew in the state from Sunday onwards in order to break chain of transmission.

As more states witness a resurgence of infections, the Centre has rushed two high-level multidisciplinary teams to Chhattisgarh and Chandigarh, areas that have both seen recent _____(5)_____, to assist the local governments in managing the outbreak.

The government has also told all states and Union territories (UTs) to regulate the crowd and ensure strict enforcement of protocols ahead of various festivals.