Coronavirus LIVE: No case of post-vaccine hospitalisation today, says govt

Coronavirus live updates: India has rolled out two coronavirus vaccines - Covishield and Covaxin. Globally, more than 94 million people have been infected, of which, 10,542,068 are in India

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Health care worker receives first shot of Covid-19 vaccine in Aizawl

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Delhi reports 299 new Covid-19 cases, 397 recoveries

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Kolkata Police personnel receives Covid-19 vaccine shot at Kolkata Medical College

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Andhra Pradesh reports 114 new Covid-19 cases and 326 recoveries

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Health worker receives first shot of Covid vaccine in Raipur

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India fought most successful battle against Covid: Amit Shah in Karnataka

World has been fighting battle against Covid- 19 for over a year. Several people died. It has been the toughest battle in humankind's history. But I'm happy to say that India fought the most successful battle against Covid, under PM Modi's leadership: HM in Bhadravathi, Karnataka.

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MoS Home Affairs allays fears against vaccination, says vaccines will benefit everyone

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

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Wait for your turn to get vaccinated, beware of rumours: CM Yogi to people

Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Saturday asked the people to remain alert for rumours regarding Covid-19 vaccines and wait for their turn to get themselves vaccinated. Healthcare workers at the frontline of India's Covid-19 battle got their first jabs on Saturday with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the world's largest vaccination drive against the pandemic.

Chief Minister Adityanath took a round of the Balrampur Hospital here and met the health workers who were administered vaccines to enquire about their well-being. "Today is a day of immense happiness and excitement. India is the first country which has launched two vaccines," the chief minister said. "I have just now met the health workers who have got vaccinated and they are all fine," he told the media.

"I congratulate Prime Minister Narendra Modi for this achievement and thank the scientists of the country. At this point of time, when the country is moving ahead in this battle against a pandemic, we have also to remain alert for the people who are spreading rumours," the chief minister said.

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Volunteered to get vaccinated as colleagues were scared: Man after getting first Covid jab in Delhi

Manish Kumar, a 34-year-old machine operator at AIIMS who became the first person in Delhi to get the Covid-19 vaccine, said he had himself asked the hospital authorities to be vaccinated first as his colleagues chosen for the exercise were "scared" to get the jab. Kumar, whose mother Laxmi Rani also works at the hospital, said he was not at all nervous, had a good sleep and was "proud of getting the vaccine".

He was administered a Covid-19 vaccine during the launch of the nationwide vaccination programme at the All India Institute of Medical Sciences in the presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan on Saturday. "I did not know that I am the first person to receive the vaccine. I had a good sleep last night, came here (hospital) in the morning and talked to the other staff who were to get the shot," he said.

"Many of them were scared. So, I went to my seniors and said I should be given the vaccine first. I wanted to prove to my colleagues that there is no need to be scared," Kumar told PTI.

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Puducherry CM launches vaccination drive in Ellaipillaichavady

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Javadekar, Goa CM at Goa Medical Hospital vaccination site

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CM Hemant Soren visits Covid vaccination site at Sadar Hospital in Ranchi

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Harsh Vardhan visits Gangaram Hospital in Delhi to review vaccination drive

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116 people found positive with UK strain in India

The total number of persons found positive with the UK strain of Covid-19 is 116: Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

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Covid vaccination drive underway in Kolkata