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.
COVID-19 vaccination drive: AIIMS chief, healthcare workers first to get vaccinated
COVID-19 vaccination drive India: Dr Guleria was the third person to take the shot. Before him, a sanitation worker and a healthcare worker got vaccinated
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COVID-19 vaccination programme: AIIMS director Dr Randeep Guleria takes the coronavirus vaccine shot
After Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the nationwide coronavirus immunisation programme, All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) chief Dr Randeep Guleria came forward to take the COVID-19 vaccine. Dr Guleria was the third person to take the shot. Before him, a sanitation worker named Manish Kumar was the first one to get vaccinated, followed by a healthcare worker named Sulochana Kataria.
AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria administered Covid-19 vaccine in Delhi
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All India Institute Of Medical Science (AIIMS) director Randeep Guleria on Saturday received a vaccine against the novel coronavirus during the first phase of the inoculation drive.
The jab was administered to the AIIMS chief moments after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the vaccination drive across the country.
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#WATCH | AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria receives COVID-19 vaccine shot at AIIMS, Delhi. pic.twitter.com/GFvZ2lgfj3 ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021