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Home / News / India News / Sleeves up India! PM Modi launches coronavirus vaccination drive
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    Sleeves up India! PM Modi launches coronavirus vaccination drive

    Shalini Ojha
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    Shalini Ojha
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    Last updated on Jan 16, 2021, 10:47 am
    Sleeves up India! PM Modi launches coronavirus vaccination drive
  • Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched India's coronavirus vaccination drive, paving the path for the immunization of three lakh healthcare workers at over 3,000 sites across the nation.

    On January 3, India approved two vaccines, Covishield and COVAXIN, both of which are being manufactured indigenously.

    In the first phase, three crore healthcare and frontline workers will get the jabs.

    Here are more details.

  • In this article
    Dry runs were conducted to understand India's preparedness Staff at vaccination sites cheered and clapped as vials arrived Here are the visuals from Cooper Hospital Kejriwal attended launch at Lok Nayak Hospital PM Modi thanked those who helped India achieve this feat Scientists, researchers fought against time to develop vaccines: PM Modi PM Modi urged people not to miss the second dose You can watch his address here
  • Context

    Dry runs were conducted to understand India's preparedness

    Dry runs were conducted to understand India's preparedness
  • In the second worst-hit nation, 10,543,659 contracted the fatal disease while 152,130 passed away. Meanwhile, the recovery rate stands at 96.56%, one of the best globally.

    Before India went ahead with the massive immunization drive, it conducted three mock drills to judge the capability of the entire system.

    The Co-WIN platform, which was developed to manage the program, was also put to test.

  • Cheer

    Staff at vaccination sites cheered and clapped as vials arrived

    Staff at vaccination sites cheered and clapped as vials arrived
  • As the vials of the vaccines reached designated sites today, healthcare workers, who were the most exposed to the virus, clapped and cheered.

    Visuals showed the staff of Cooper Hospital in Mumbai waiting with thalis and sweets to welcome the beneficiaries.

    Likewise, the Bangalore Medical College and Research Institute was all decked up for the first phase of the drive.

  • Twitter Post

    Here are the visuals from Cooper Hospital

  • Watch: Health workers clap and cheer as #COVID-19 vaccine reaches the vaccination centre at Cooper hospital in #Mumbai, Maharashtra.#COVIDVaccination pic.twitter.com/LM7CmCZu6G

    — TOI Mumbai (@TOIMumbai) January 16, 2021
  • Details

    Kejriwal attended launch at Lok Nayak Hospital

    Kejriwal attended launch at Lok Nayak Hospital
  • Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal was at the Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital when the drive was launched. The medical director of the facility said, "Doctors, nursing and sanitation staff will be given vaccine today."

    To be sure, those who receive the doses today will have to return after 28 days to get the second dose. Two doses of the vaccines are necessary for protection against the disease.

  • Speech

    PM Modi thanked those who helped India achieve this feat

  • In his address, PM Modi said lakhs of countrymen had been waiting for this day for months. He thanked all those who were involved in the process.

    "We have not one but two 'Make In India' vaccines today and this shows the sheer talent the country has," he said.

    He also quoted well-known Hindi poet Ramdhari Singh Dinkar to talk about determination.

  • Twitter Post

    Scientists, researchers fought against time to develop vaccines: PM Modi

  • आज वो वैज्ञानिक, वैक्सीन रिसर्च से जुड़े अनेकों लोग विशेष प्रशंसा के हकदार हैं, जो बीते कई महीनों से कोरोना के खिलाफ वैक्सीन बनाने में जुटे थे।

    आमतौर पर एक वैक्सीन बनाने में बरसों लग जाते हैं।

    लेकिन इतने कम समय में एक नहीं, दो मेड इन इंडिया वैक्सीन तैयार हुई हैं: PM

    — PMO India (@PMOIndia) January 16, 2021
  • Message

    PM Modi urged people not to miss the second dose

  • PM Modi reminded that India will follow the set pattern in the drive — the healthcare workers will get the doses first, followed by frontline warriors, who face a higher risk of getting infected.

    He underlined that getting both doses of the vaccines is necessary while adding that antibodies to fight the disease would kick in two weeks after the second dose is injected.

  • Twitter Post

    You can watch his address here

  • #WATCH live: PM Modi launches nation-wide COVID-19 vaccination drive via video conference. https://t.co/ZS0oJofkVl

    — ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
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