Gujarat kicks off coronavirus vaccine drive amid CoWIN app glitches

With no major side effects being reported till early afternoon, the drive was largely smooth at multiple centres

Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rupani and deputy chief minister Nitin Patel flagged off the first phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive amid technical glitches at certain places on Saturday.

Launched at par with the nation-wide kick off by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, Gujarat saw inoculation drive begin at 161 centres with nearly 16000 health workers being on the recipients' list for the first day of the drive.

For the first phase, the Gujarat health department has identified 440,000 healthcare workers such as doctors, nurses and paramedic personnel for inoculation.

However, the launch was not void of glitches. For instance, at Smt Sushilaben M Shah