Health-workers flashed victory signs and smiled for cameras after being given coronavirus vaccines as India kicked off one of the largest inoculation drives in the world on Saturday, setting in motion a complex plan aimed at stemming infections across a nation of more than 1.3 billion people. At hospitals and vaccination centers across major Indian cities from Mumbai to New Delhi tens of thousands of key frontline workers began queuing, some receiving the first vaccines while others administered them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the program with a speech addressing more than 3,000 centers across India, where the first shots were to be given.
Everyone must get inoculated, Manish Kumar said
New Delhi:
Manish Kumar, a 33-year-old sanitation worker at Delhi s AIIMS, today became the first person in the country to be vaccinated against the coronavirus. Healthcare worker Dhawal Dwivedi was the second person to be inoculated, followed by AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria and NITI Aayog s senior member, Dr VK Paul. I had a very nice experience. I was not reluctant to get the vaccine shot.people need not be worried. Now I don t have any doubts regarding the vaccine. Everyone must get inoculated, he was quoted by news agency ANI as saying.
India recently granted two vaccines Oxford-AstraZeneca's Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin approval on restricted emergency use.
New Delhi: Over 1.6 lakh healthcare and sanitary workers at the frontline of India's COVID-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday as Prime Minister