By Krishna N. Das and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world s largest immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic under control. India is prioritising nurses, doctors and other frontline workers, and Modi had tears in his eyes as he addressed healthcare workers through video conferencing. The disease separated people from their families, kept mothers away from their children, and those who died of the disease couldn t even get a final goodbye from their families, Modi said. The singing of Sanskrit hymns followed the prime minister s address. Modi, 70, has not said whether he will be taking the vaccine, but he has said that politicians would not be considered frontline workers. Kumar received his shot at Delhi s premier All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), just one of 3,006 vaccination centres established ar
NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched on Saturday one of the world's largest vaccination campaigns, as part of efforts by.
India launches one of worldâs biggest Covid-19 vaccination campaigns
By Reuters
By Krishna N. Das and Mayank Bhardwaj
New Delhi - Sanitation worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against Covid-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world s largest immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic under control.
India is prioritising nurses, doctors and other frontline workers, and Modi had tears in his eyes as he addressed healthcare workers through video conferencing. The disease separated people from their families, kept mothers away from their children, and those who died of the disease couldn t even get a final goodbye from their families, Modi said.
By Krishna N. Das and Mayank Bhardwaj NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Hospital cleaning worker Manish Kumar became the first person in India to be vaccinated against COVID-19 on Saturday, as Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched one of the world s largest immunisation campaigns to bring the pandemic under control. Kumar received his shot at Delhi s premier All-India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), one of 3,006 vaccination centres established around the country. The vaccine will give me strength and motivation to serve my hospital which has been at the forefront of taking care of coronavirus patients, Kumar said. Since I m feeling relieved after taking the vaccine, I think everyone should go for it. India is prioritising nurses, doctors and other frontline workers, and Modi had tears in his eyes as he addressed healthcare workers via video conferencing. The disease separated people from their families, kept mothers away from their children, and those who died of the disease couldn t even g