Several high profile people take vaccine shots in India
Injecting confidence in the people, several high profile persons, including AIIMS director Randeep Guleria, NITI Aayog member VK Paul, who is also head of an empowered group on medical equipment and management plan to tackle the coronavirus outbreak, Serum Institute of India(SII) CEO Adar Poonawallah, West Bengal minister Nirmal Maji, BJP MP Mahesh Sharma, who is a doctor by profession, Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group, Dr Prathap C Reddy and Chairman of Manipal Hospitals Sudarshan Ballal also received their first shot of the two-dose vaccine.
Senior doctors received the first shot at many identified vaccination sites to dispel any apprehensions about the vaccine.
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A total of 3,006 session sites across all States and Union Territories were virtually connected during the launch. Around 100 beneficiaries are scheduled to vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day., , harsh vardhan, vaccine, COVID-19, coronavirus, aiims
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots in India were given on Saturday to nearly two lakh frontline healthcare and sanitary workers as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world's largest inoculation drive against the pandemic that has caused 1,52,093 deaths and upended millions of lives in the country.
Over 1.91 lakh people vaccinated on Day 1; no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported: Health Ministry
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Over 1.91 lakh people vaccinated on Day 1; no case of post-vaccination hospitalisation reported: Health MinistryPTI
Last Updated: Jan 16, 2021, 09:48 PM IST
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Thousands of healthcare and sanitary workers at the frontline of India s COVID-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday as Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world s largest vaccination drive.
Covid-19 vaccination drive: 1,91,181 people vaccinated; no post-vaccine hospitalisation, says Health Ministry
NEW DELHI: Over 1.90 lakh beneficiaries were inoculated with COVID-19 jabs at 3,352 session sites across the country on Saturday and no case of post-inoculation hospitalisation has been reported so far, the government said on the first day of India s massive vaccination drive against the virus.