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More than 100,000 vaccinated on India s first day of Covid-19 vaccination drive, health ministry says
From Rishabh Pratap
A nurse draws from a vial of the Covishield vaccine developed by Oxford University and AstraZeneca, and manufactured by the Serum Institute of India at a hospital in Mumbai, India, on January 16. Dhiraj Singh/Bloomberg/Getty Images
India started its nation-wide vaccination drive for Covid-19 on Saturday.
According to the country’s Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, a total of 165,714 health care workers were vaccinated as of 5:30 p.m. local time Saturday.
A total of 16,755 trained vaccinators were involved at 3,351 sessions nationwide, the ministry added.