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Health workers prepare for the COVID-19 vaccination drive for frontline health workers at a government Hospital in Mumbai, India. On Jan 16, India will start the massive undertaking of inoculating an estimated 30 million doctors, nurses and other front line workers, before attention turns to around 270 million people who are either aged over 50 or have co-morbidities.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday will kick start the world s largest vaccination drive against coronavirus, almost a year after India reported the first case of the deadly infectious disease, which has claimed over 1.5 lakh lives in the country till now. It is going to be a historic moment with the commencement of the eagerly-awaited vaccination drive against the dreaded disease.