New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): Manish Kumar, a sanitation worker who was the first person to receive COVID-19 vaccine jab at AIIMS, Delhi on Saturday said he will continue to fulfill his duties without hesitation.
Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan urged the Dharma Gurus (Religious leaders) to oversee that no negative message related to COVID-19 vaccination should go in public.
Leh (Ladakh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Two women doctors among 20 Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) medical officers, deployed in forward areas in Leh, were among the first to get a vaccine shot against COVID-19 on the first day of the nationwide vaccination drive.
North Goa (Goa) [India], January 16 (ANI): Union Minister of Information and Broadcasting Prakash Javadekar and Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant visited the first person who received COVID-19 vaccine in Goa.
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): The Covid-19 vaccination drive will show to the world the potential of self-reliant India, said Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath, while hailing the massive exercise as historic.
New Delhi [India], January 16 (ANI): AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Singh Guleria and NITI Aayog member VK Paul on Saturday were administered the COVID-19 vaccine shot at AIIMS Delhi on the inaugural day of nationwide roll-out of vaccination.
Indore (Madhya Pradesh) [India], January 16 (ANI): Over 4.16 lakh health workers will be administered the Covid-19 vaccine from Saturday onwards in Madhya Pradesh, the state's health minister Dr Prabhuram Choudhary said.
Islamabad [Pakistan], January 16 (ANI): Pakistan has not placed any final order to import the Covid-19 vaccine nor has any vaccine manufacturer accepted the country's request for supply of the vaccine, a top official in the Imran Khan government has said.
Washington [US], January 16 (ANI): President-elect Joe Biden on Friday (local time) said that the coronavirus vaccine rollout in the US till now has been a "dismal failure".
Hyderabad (Telangana) [India], January 15 (ANI): Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender will take the first jab of the COVID-19 vaccine as the state set to kick off vaccination drive against Covid-19 tomorrow.
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): India is a frontrunner in starting vaccinating people against COVID-19 and this "has given us great hope", Nepal Foreign Minister Pradeep Kumar Gyawali said on Friday.
New Delhi [India], January 15 (ANI): Nepal on Friday congratulated India on "the remarkable success" in production of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines against COVID-19 and requested for early provision of vaccines.