A medical worker inoculates a man with a dose of a Covid-19 vaccine. (AFP photo)
NEW DELHI: With an aim to vaccinate maximum number of eligible people against Covid-19, India on Sunday launched the four-day-long Tika Utsav or vaccination festival.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi called Tika Utsav the beginning of the second big war against corona.
In a tweet, he also made four requests to the citizens. We are going to begin Tika Utsav today nationwide. I urge countrymen to abide by four things - assist those who need help getting inoculated, help people in Covid treatment, wear masks and motivate others and if someone tests positive, create micro-containment zone in the area, he said.
Imphal (Manipur) [India], April 11 (ANI): Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh received his first dose of COVID-19 vaccine on Sunday at the launch of 'tika utsav' or vaccination festival in Imphal's Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences.
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