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Centenarian Brij Prakash Gupta, who was born a year after the end of the deadly Spanish Flu, received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine in Delhi on Wednesday, his son said. Gupta, now 107, stepped out of his home in south Delhi for the first time since March 20, last year to get his Covishield jab, son Vimal Gupta said, adding his father is doing fine. My father was born on November 26, 1920 in Delhi. He had worked as a manager in a bank in Delhi. Since, the bank s office was located in old Delhi, and there was communal violence during the Partition time, he resigned from the bank service and started his own business after that, he said.
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Tulsi Das Chawla is 104 years old and Khazan Singh is 103. There is something common between the former Indian Foreign Service officer and the farmer, other than the fact that they are above 100. Both are recipients of first doze of Covid-19 vaccines. In Delhi’s inoculation drive, senior citizens have outnumbered health-care workers so far. But the stories of these two, who have went past three figures, stand out because of the age factor.
Sitting by the study table at his East Patel Nagar house, Chawla looks pleased and proud of becoming a centenarian beneficiary of the vaccination process. “If I can handle Partition, I can handle anything,” says Chawla, in loud and clear English. “Getting the jab was a smooth process. There were no complications. The system at the hospital was good. Doctors were cordial. After knowing my age, the staff came forward and took photos with me,” chuckles Chawla, who got the shot a week ago at Sir Ganga Ram Hos
PTI | New Delhi | Updated: 06-03-2021 21:15 IST | Created: 06-03-2021 21:15 IST
A man born a few months before the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918 received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at a private facility here, hospital authorities said on Saturday.
Tulsi Das Chawla, 104, was given a dose of Covieshield at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday and has not exhibited any adverse effects, they said.
Born on November 1917, the Patel Nagar resident, retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 1975, a hospital spokesperson said.
Wearing a full-sleeved V-neck red shirt, the centenarian flashed a V-sign and obliged some of the photographers.
NEW DELHI: A man born a few months before the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918 received his first shot of Covid-19 vaccine at a private facility he.