PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah Get Covid-19 Vaccine Shot in Phase 2 of Inoculation Drive Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monda...

PM Modi, Home Minister Amit Shah Get Covid-19 Vaccine Shot in Phase 2 of Inoculation Drive

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday took the COVID-19 vaccine and was the first to get the jab leading India’s inoculation drive in its second phase in which the coverage has been expanded to include everyone over 60 and those aged between 45-59 who have co-morbidities. Modi, 70, was administered the first dose of the indigenous Covaxin developed by Bharat Biotech at around 6.30 am at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS) in Delhi. He later appealed to all those who are eligible to get themselves vaccinated against the coronavirus.

He is fine after taking the vaccine,” said AIIMS chief Dr Randeep Guleria, adding the prime minister was kept under observation for half an hour as per protocol and he left after that. His second dose is due after 28 days. The other vaccine being administered in the country is Covishield from the Oxford-AstraZeneca stable. Thousands of people queued up at government and private medical facilities across the country as India further opened up the world’s largest vaccination programme that started on January 16 for healthcare and sanitation workers.