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Union health minister Harsh Vardhan (File photo) NEW DELHI: Preparations for rollout of the massive vaccination drive against Covid-19 were completed on Friday with the control room in Nirman Bhawan which houses the health ministry set to scrutinise implementation of the pan-India drive on a real-time basis. PM Modi will flag off the vaccination drive on Saturday at 10.30 am, activating 3,006 session sites covering all states and UTs. Each site will inoculate an average of 100 beneficiaries on the first day. The PM is also likely to interact with healthcare workers at New Delhi’s AIIMS and Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Hospital through video conferencing. ....
Visual from Capital Hospital Covid vaccination centre BHUBANESWAR: Odisha began its Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday at 161 session sites across the state, where 16,100 people will be inoculated, officials said. A 51-year-old frontline worker at Capital Hospital became the person to be administered the jab around 11am, shortly after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the nationwide rollout of the vaccination drive via video conferencing, they said. The first vaccine dose was given to a class-IV frontline worker at Capital Hospital here. The director of the hospital and a doctor were the next to be inoculated, additional chief secretary, health and family welfare, PK Mohapatra, told reporters here. ....
Coronavirus updates | January 2, 2021 Updated: Updated: January 02, 2021 21:33 IST Safety of vaccine our prime concern, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan as trial run starts across the country Share Article AAA Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan arrives at GTB Hospital in Delhi to review a dry run for the COVID-19 vaccination. | Photo Credit: Nikhil M. Babu Safety of vaccine our prime concern, says Health Minister Harsh Vardhan as trial run starts across the country States and Union Territories across the country are conducting a dry run of the coronavirus vaccination process today. It is being held in 116 districts across 259 sites, the Health Ministry said on Saturday. ....