Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan addressed the media after Day 1 of India's vaccination drive New Delhi: Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan expressed "tremendous relief" Saturday evening on conclusion of Day 1 of India's nationwide Covid vaccination drive - which began a little after 11 am and saw 1,65,714 people vaccinated across 3,351 sites in the country. The Health Ministry stressed that there had been no case of post-vaccine hospitalisation due to adverse side effects. sanjeevani" (a miracle cure) in the fight against the novel coronavirus. "The vaccines have been presented before the country like ' sanjeevani' in the fight against COVID-19. The fight was gradually heading towards victory... but now it seems almost definite that the step towards victory will be taken quickly," Dr Vardhan told reporters at a press briefing.