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India to roll out world s biggest vaccination drive against COVID-19
India on Saturday rolled out the world s biggest vaccination programme with over 3 lakh healthcare workers to be inoculated on the first day of the much-anticipated drive against coronavirus which the Centre said is probably the beginning of the end of COVID-19. A total of 3,006 session sites across all states and union territories were virtually connected during the launch at 10.30 am by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site.
Jaipur s Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Medical College Principal Sudhir Bhandari will be the first person in Rajasthan to be given the shot, while in Madhya Pradesh, a hospital security guard and an attender will be among the first to get the jab, officials of these states said on Friday.
Dr Umesh Chandra Sarma receiving the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine at Guwahati Medical College hospital in Assam. (ANI photo)
GUWAHATI: Assam joined the nation in launching the Covid-19 vaccination drive on Saturday, with a medical officer in Golaghat district becoming the first person in the state to receive the jab.
Dr Milan Kumar Laskar, the sub-divisional medical officer of Bokakhat, was administered the shot at 11.07am at a public health centre, right after Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressed the nation on the occasion.
Later, chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the state-wide drive at Assam Medical College Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh, and minister for health and family welfare Himanta Biswa Sarma at Gauhati Medical College hospital (GMCH) here.
A total of 3,006 session sites across all states and union territories will be virtually connected during the launch at 10.30 am by Prime Minister Narendra Modi and around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site.