The independent panel also notes that WHO and China acted slowly to the Covid-19 outbreak. It questions the global health body for not declaring the pandemic earlier.
Read more about PM Modi to launch mega Covid-19 vaccination drive in India from today on Business Standard. The Centre has planned to vaccinate around 3 lakh healthcare workers at 2,934 session sites on the first day of the inoculation drive
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New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launches pan-India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive, in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday said that India s coronavirus drive is based on humanitarian and very important principles and also laid emphasis on maintaining social distancing and the use of masks. Speaking at the launch of the nationwide vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus via video conferencing, PM Modi said: India s coronavirus drive is based on humanitarian and very important principles. Those who need the vaccine the most will get the dose first. Those who are at high risk will get the vaccine shot at first. Doctors, nurses, sanitation staff at hospitals, medical and para-medical staff are the most deserving to get the vaccine dose first.
Trinamool MLAs from Bhatar, Katwa in Bengal get Covid vaccine out of turn
Trinamool MLAs from Bhatar, Katwa in Bengal get Covid vaccine out of turn
During his virtual meeting with chief ministers earlier this week, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had specifically urged public representatives not to receive the Covid-19 vaccine out of turn.
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File photo of Bhatar MLA Subhash Mondal (left) and Katwa MLA Rabindranath Chatterjee (right) (Picture Courtesy: Twitter @subhasmondalin1 / @Rabindr10621315)
Two MLAs of the Trinamool Congress in Bengal flouted the Centre s guidelines on Covid-19 vaccination by receiving the jab out of turn. They have been identified as Bhatar MLA Subhash Mondal and Katwa MLA Rabindranath Chatterjee.