Covid 19 vaccine rolls out begins

Covid vaccine roll out began on Saturday across the country. The Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday kicked off world's largest Covid-19 vaccination drive. He spoke to vaccine takers at more than 3,000 centers across the country where the first shots were to be given.

India launched one of the world痴 largest coronavirus vaccination drives on Saturday, setting in motion a complex deployment plan aimed at stemming the wide spread of infections across a nation of more than 1.3 billion people.

PM SPEECH HIGHLIGHTS

• Vaccination programme based on humanitarian principles

• Our doctors, nurses, medical and paramedical staff are eligible to get the vaccine before others

• For the preparation of this day we have conducted trials, dry runs all around the country

• Two doses of corona vaccine are absolutely essential. Don稚 make the mistake of not taking 2^nd dose

• 2 weeks after 2^nd dose you will develop the power to combat corona

• More than 100 countries in India have less than 3 crore population

• But India is vaccinating 3 crore people in the first stage itself

• The world is looking at us with hope

• Many countries will benefit from our experience

• We are committed to help humanity with our vaccines

• Both vaccination as well as safety measures must continue

In Goa, Ranganath Bhaji, a health worker from GMC received the first covid 19 vaccine jab on Saturday. Union Minister Prakash Javadekar and Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited the covid19 vaccination centre at GMC. In Goa there are a total of 7 centre where the vaccination drive was conducted and 700 health workers administered the vaccine on Saturday.