One severe and 51 minor cases of AEFI (adverse events following immunisation) were reported among health workers who were administered the coronavirus vaccine in Delhi on the first day of the COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday, official figures showed.
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A medic administers the first dose of Covishield vaccine to a frontline worker in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan, after the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at AIIMS in New Delhi.
As India launched the world s largest vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives and livelihoods, here are some of the quotes from people who took the jab and ministers: Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: These vaccines are sanjivani in our fight against this pandemic. We have won the battles against polio and small pox. Now, we have reached the decisive phase of winning the war against coronavirus.
Netizens took to Twitter to applaud PM Modi with the hashtag #LargestVaccineDrive. #LargestVaccineDrive is trending on Twitter. | Photo Credit: ANI
New Delhi: Soon after Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the world s biggest vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus, netizens took to Twitter to applaud PM Modi with the hashtag #LargestVaccineDrive.
Moments after PM Modi rolled out a pan-India drive to vaccinate around 3 crore people by the end of its first phase through video conferencing at 10:30 am on Saturday, #LargestVaccineDrive becomes one of the most trending hashtags with more than 4 lakh tweets in just 6 hours.
PM Modi used #LargestVaccineDrive while launching the vaccination drive. India begins the world s #LargestVaccineDrive. This is a day of pride, a celebration of the prowess of our scientists and the hard work of our medical fraternity, nursing staff, police personnel, and sanitation workers. May everyone be healthy and fre
Beginning of end of Covid-19 : PM Modi to launch world s biggest vaccine drive today - key updates
Prime Minister Narendra Modi has said politicians will not be considered frontline workers.
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The vaccination drive will be launched by PM Modi soon, setting off the country on the path towards overcoming the Covid-19 pandemic
The Covid vaccination drive, covering the entire length and breadth of India, will inoculate 3 crore healthcare and frontline workers with two locally-manufactured shots
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India begins one of the world s largest Covid-19 vaccination programme on Saturday, hoping to end a pandemic that has killed 1,51,918 people in the country and ravaged the economy.
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A health worker shows a Covishield vaccine dose as it arrived from the Serum Institute of India, Pune, to Amritsar.
With India all set to launch the world s largest COVID-19 vaccination program on Saturday, Brazil is planning to send a special flight to Mumbai to lift at least two million doses of the vaccine. According to a report in The Indian Express, a specially equipped aircraft from Brazil is expected to land in Mumbai over to weekend.Â
The flight is equipped with a special temperature-control system. The IE report claimed that Indian and Brazilian authorities are working to ensure necessary clearances. It said that the aircraft from Brazil was originally scheduled to land in Mumbai on Friday, but it is likely to be delayed by a day.