Beginning of end of Covid-19 LIVE UPDATES: Vaccination drive under way across India, 3cr to be inoculated in phase 1
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- Published: January 16, 2021 09:41
New Delhi: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched India’s vaccination drive against the novel coronavirus via video conferencing.
Billed as the world’s largest vaccination program, covering the entire length and breadth of the country, the drive aims to first inoculate millions of its healthcare and frontline workers and reach an estimated 3 crore people by the end of its first phase.
A total of 3006 session sites across all states and union territories will be virtually connected during the launch. Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated at each session site on the inaugural day, the union health ministry has said.
Watch what PM Modi said:
In the first phase government and private-sector health care workers including Integrated Child Development Services(ICDS) workers, will receive the vaccine in the first phase. The Centre has planned to vaccinate around 3 lakh healthcare workers at 2,934 session sites on the first day of the inoculation drive.
The drive will be held daily from 9 am to 5 pm, except on the days earmarked for routine immunisation programmes.
LIVE UPDATES:
Goa: Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant were present at COVID19 vaccination site at Goa Medical Hospital today
“A health worker received the first shot of COVID19 vaccine here today. Vaccination being conducted at 7 sites in the state,” said CM pic.twitter.com/wcsBdRdOyc
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Vaccines have been approved only after testing. I say this confidently that the vaccines will benefit everyone: G Kishan Reddy, Minister of State for Home Affairs, in Hyderabad https://t.co/bMLwUQGliC
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Dr Katyayani Sharma, Chief Medical Officer & Dr Skalzang Angmo, Asst Commandant were administered #CovidVaccine in Ladakh today
“Under the campaign initiated by Centre, we’ve been administered the first #Covishield vaccine. It’s safe & we feel healthy,” said Dr Katyayani Sharma. pic.twitter.com/NDyjlXBXBW
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Maharashtra: Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray inaugurated the vaccination centre at BKC Jumbo COVID19 hospital in Mumbai and witnessed the vaccine administration today. pic.twitter.com/qrWmHbk7R1
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Kerala: The Covid-19 vaccination drive started at Integrated Family Health Centre and Medical College in Thiruvananthapuram
“My message for people is that wait for your turn but come forward for the vaccination,” said Dr Navjot Singh Khosa, District Collector. pic.twitter.com/QxmRi7qoPS
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat witnesses vaccine administration and interacts with the beneficiaries at Doon Medical College in Dehradun. pic.twitter.com/RpLTdOpbEa
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Chief Minister Yogi Adityanth witnesses COVID-19 vaccine administration at Balrampur hospital in Lucknow.
“102 health workers would receive vaccine at the hospital today, out of which 15 people have been given so far & everyone of them are totally fine,” he says. pic.twitter.com/Bx0EcgmmiA
— ANI UP (@ANINewsUP) January 16, 2021
Scientists & doctors have said that the vaccine is safe. Even the Queen of England has had it, she is 93-years-old, her husband who is 99-years-old has had it. So, what is the fear? There is no fear: Punjab CM Captain Amarinder Singh https://t.co/RtKB07QRvl
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
8,100 people will get the vaccine at 81 vaccination centres in Delhi. I appeal to the people not to pay heed to rumours. Experts have said that the vaccines are safe: Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal after witnessing vaccine administration at LNJP hospital pic.twitter.com/jgjHUDfDh7
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Gujarat: The Covid-19 vaccination drive begins at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad in presence of Chief Minister Vijay Rupani & Deputy CM Nitin Patel. pic.twitter.com/AEGn1LS7UJ
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Jammu and Kashmir: The Covid-19 vaccination drive begins at Sher-i-Kashmir Institute of Medical Sciences (SKIMS) in Srinagar.
"I am happy. I volunteered to get the first jab to encourage others so that others can also benefit from the vaccine," said a volunteer. pic.twitter.com/BsVqb209j1
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
#WATCH | AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria receives COVID-19 vaccine shot at AIIMS, Delhi. pic.twitter.com/GFvZ2lgfj3
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
#WATCH | Manish Kumar, a sanitation worker, becomes the first person to receive COVID-19 vaccine jab at AIIMS, Delhi in presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan. pic.twitter.com/6GKqlQM07d
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Delhi: A sanitation worker becomes the first person to receive COVID-19 vaccine jab at AIIMS. Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan is also present. pic.twitter.com/iDIVIKqvEi
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
# This disease kept people away from their families. The mothers cried for their children & had to stay away. People could not meet their elderly admitted at hospitals. We could not bid adieu to those with proper rituals who died due to corona: PM Modi
# Today when we take a look at the last year, we realise that we have learnt a lot as a person, a family and as a nation: PM Narendra Modi
# Such a vaccination drive at such a massive scale was never conducted in history. There are over 100 countries having less than 3 crore population & India is administering vaccination to 3 crore people in first phase only. In second phase, we’ve to take this number to 30 crores: PM Narendra Modi
# I request you not to make the mistake of taking off the mask and not maintaining social distancing after getting the first dose because immunity develops after the second dose: PM Narendra Modi
# I want to remind people of the country that two doses of the Corona vaccine are very important. Experts have said that there should be a gap of one month between both vaccinations: PM Narendra Modi
# Normally, it takes many years to make a vaccine but in such a short span of time, not one, but two ‘Made in India’ vaccines are ready. Meanwhile, the work on other vaccines is progressing at a fast pace: PM Narendra Modi
Everyone was asking as to when the vaccine will be available. It is available now. I congratulate all the countrymen on this occasion: PM Narendra Modi pic.twitter.com/iqo0E2OWI6
— ANI (@ANI) January 16, 2021
Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan on Friday termed the country’s vaccination drive as the “beginning of the end of Covid-19.” He also urged people to trust the indigenously manufactured vaccine, saying the government has given emergency use approval after proper scientific scrutiny.
The central government has introduced an application named CoWIN (Covid Vaccine Intelligence Work) to monitor the entire vaccination process.
In the next phases of the vaccination drive, people aged over 50 will be vaccinated and those who are below 50 years but have serious health conditions or co-morbidities, according to the health ministry.
There has been dry-runs at vaccination centres across the country with lakhs of healthcare staff across districts trained.
The drugs regulatory body of India has currently approved two vaccines. Pune-based Serum Institute of India has developed the Covishield vaccine developed by AstraZeneca and Oxford University. while the Covaxin has been developed by Hyderabad’s Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Medical Council of research (ICMR) and National Institute of Virology.
The vaccination programme in the country will use Co-WIN, an online digital platform developed by the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, which will facilitate real time information of vaccine stocks, storage temperature and individualized tracking of beneficiaries for COVID-19 vaccine. This digital platform will assist programme managers across all levels while conducting vaccination sessions.