A health worker performs a trial run of the Covid-19 vaccine delivery system in New Delhi, India, Friday, Jan 8, 2021. India will kick off the coronavirus vaccination drive on Jan 16 to stem the pandemic in the world’s second-most populous country. A Health Ministry statement says that priority will be given to the healthcare workers and the frontline workers, estimated around 30 million. - AP
NEW DELHI, Jan 9 (Reuters): India will start its Covid-19 vaccination drive from Jan. 16 with priority given to about 30 million healthcare and frontline workers, a government statement said on Saturday.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi reviewed the preparedness for Covid-19 vaccination programme on Saturday, it said. India hopes to inoculate 300 million of its 1.35 billion people free of charge in the first six to eight months of this year.
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