Manish Kumar, a sanitation worker, becomes the first person to recieve Covid jab in Delhi.
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Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the country s giant vaccination drive, paying tribute to frontline workers and scientists and warned citizens against falling for propaganda or rumours over vaccines.
Mr Kumar received his shot at Delhi s premier All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), just one of the over 3,000 vaccination centres established around the country. On the first day of the immunisation campaign, the government said it aimed to vaccinate over 3 lakh people. By the end of the day 1.91 lakh had been inoculated, it said.
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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagged off the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday, Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal urged everyone to not fall prey to rumours or misinformation about the coronavirus vaccines and requested everyone to put their trust in the vaccine makers.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan asked his counterparts in states and union territories to keep a check on rumours and disinformation regarding COVID-19 vaccines as he held a review meeting on day one of the inoculation drive on Saturday.
AIIMS chief, NITI Aayog member given Covid-19 vaccine jab in Delhi
AIIMS chief, NITI Aayog member given Covid-19 vaccine jab in Delhi
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Singh Guleria and NITI Aayog member Dr VK Paul have been administered the coronavirus vaccine shot in Delhi.
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Coronavirus vaccines were given to Dr Randeep Guleria (left) and VK Paul (right). (Photo: ANI)
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Singh Guleria and NITI Aayog member VK Paul were administered the coronavirus vaccine shot at AIIMS Hospital in Delhi on Saturday.
Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan tweeted, So that people will have faith! In my presence AIIMS, Delhi Director Dr. Randeep Guleria Ji also got the corona vaccine. Certainly this initiative will instill confidence in the people that this vaccine is safe and it should be administered to every beneficiary without any doubt.
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