India Rolls Out World’s Largest Inoculation Programme Against Covid-19
The cost of vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers will be borne by the central government. PTI Photo/R Senthil Kumar Outlook Web Bureau 2021-01-16T20:01:54+05:30 India Rolls Out World’s Largest Inoculation Programme Against Covid-19 outlookindia.com 2021-01-16T20:40:21+05:30
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As Prime Minister Narendra Modi rolled out the world’s largest vaccination drive against Covid-19, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives, thousands of healthcare and sanitary workers at the frontline of India’s Covid-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday.
Vaccination drive begins in Bengal, doc gets 1st shot
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Kolkata: Doctor s of Bidhannagar Sub Divisional Hospital taking Covishield vaccine during covid-19 vaccination drive at Salt Lake subdivision hospital in Kolkata on January 16, 2021 (Photo: Kuntal Chakrabarty/IANS). Image Source: IANS News
Kolkata, Jan 16 : The Covid-19 vaccination drive began in West Bengal on Saturday with a doctor of a private hospital receiving the first shot, while Minister of State for Labour Nirmal Maji was administered the Covishield vaccine at the Kolkata Medical College and Hospital, officials said.
Bengal s Urban Development Minister Firhad Hakim told the media that Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee personally monitored the vaccination drive across the state.
V-Day: Healthcare workers get first jabs amid cheers
V-Day: Healthcare workers get first jabs amid cheers
Last Updated: Sat, Jan 16th, 2021, 15:56:57hrs
New Delhi: Healthcare workers at the frontline of India s COVID-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the world s largest vaccination drive against the pandemic, showing the light at the end of a 10-month tunnel that upended millions of lives and livelihoods.
More than one crore cases and 1.5 lakh fatalities later, India took its first steps out of the pandemic with shots of the Covishield and Covaxin vaccines being administered at medical centres across the country to a collective sigh of relief that this could finally be the beginning of the end of the COVID-19 trauma.
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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.