PM Narendra Modi gets Covid jab as India scales up vaccination
PM: Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi has received the coronavirus jab. As the country opened its vaccination program for the wider population. At the moment, people over 60 and those who are between 45 and 59. But have other illnesses can gets vaccinated. State-run hospitals will offer free jabs but people can also pay at private facilities to get vaccinated.
Moreover, Mr. Modi, who’s 70 years old, was among the first to get his vaccine shot on Monday. He was administered a jab of Covaxin, an indigenously developed vaccine. On the other hand, after receiving the jab, he took to Twitter, urging people to take the vaccine when their turn came. “Took my first dose of the Covid-19 vaccine at Aims hospital.
Outstanding, how our doctors and scientists have worked in quick time to strengthen the global fight against Covid-19. I interest in all those who are eligible to take the vaccine. Together, let us make India Covid-19 free, he tweeted.
The government aims to cover 300 million “priority people” by the end of July. However, the pace of vaccination has been slow, so far only 14 million doses have given and experts say unless the drive is scaling up, the target is missing. However, the country’s drugs regulator has given the green light to two vaccines, one developed by AstraZeneca with Oxford University (Covishield) and one by Indian firm Bharat Biotech (Covaxin).
Several other candidates are at different stages of trials. Officials have said they hoped to use a “bouquet of vaccines” to speed up the vaccination drive in the coming months. Because the pandemic began, India has confirmed more than 11 million cases and over 1,57,000 deaths with daily infections for the country falling to less than 20,000 from a peak of over 90,000 in September.
