Slideshow | India: World’s largest Covid-19 vaccination drive underway

Updated - January 16, 2021 at 01:02 PM.

Over 3 lakh people across India are expected to be inoculated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, by the evening of January 16

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A medic shows a Covishield vaccine dose, after the virtual launch of Covid-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Venutai Chavan Government Hospital in Karad, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
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Health workers stand in a queue outside Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital to get Covid-19 vaccination, after the virtual launch of the vaccine drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, Saturday, January 16, 2021.
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A nurse administers the first shot of Covid-19 vaccine, after the launch of Covid-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at the AIIMS in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021. ▲
PM Modi addressing frontline workers at a hospital in Delhi during the inauguration of the nationwide Covid-19 vaccination drive starting January 16. ▲
Prime Minister Narendra Modi virtually launches pan-India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive, in New Delhi, Saturday, January. 16, 2021. ▲
People watch the live telecast of Prime Minister Narendra Modi addressing the nation on the launch of Covid -19 vaccination drive, at District Hospital in Varanasi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
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Tamil Nadu Chief Minister Edapaddi K Palaniswami on Saturday inaugurated the Covid-19 vaccination drive in the State at Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai with Dr K Senthil, President of Tamil Nadu Government Doctors Association being the first recipient. Deputy Chief Minister O Paneerselvam and senior cabinet ministers participated in the function. ▲
A health official shows a vaccine dose after the virtual launch of Covid-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, in New Delhi, Saturday, January 16, 2021
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Health workers wait at Max Hospital ahead of the Covid -19 vaccination drive in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
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A medic interacts with a frontline worker after giving him a Covid-19 vaccine shot, following the virtual launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, at Max Hospital in New Delhi, Saturday, Jan. 16, 2021.
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First health worker, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan and AIIMS Director. Photo Sandeep Saxena ▲
Dr Prathap C Reddy, Founder Chairman, Apollo Hospitals Group being administered Covid-19 vaccine at the hospital in Chennai ▲

Over 3 lakh people across India are expected to be inoculated with the first dose of Covid-19 vaccine, by the evening of January 16

The shots will be offered first to an estimated one crore healthcare workers, and around two crore frontline workers, and then to persons above 50 years of age, followed by persons younger than 50 years of age with associated comorbidities as part of the first phase of the Vaccination.

Photos:PTI, The Hindu, Bijoy Ghosh, Kamal Narang

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