1.65 lakh beneficiaries vaccinated on Day 1 of COVID-19 vaccination drive

PM Narendra Modi launched the world’s largest inoculation drive within the nation at the moment at 10:30 am through video conferencing. The COVID-19 vaccination drive has been deliberate in a phased method, figuring out precedence teams. The first part of India’s coronavirus vaccination drive began at 11 am throughout a number of cities in India and ended at 5:30 pm.
In the primary part of the vaccination drive, round 3 crore frontline employees together with medical doctors, healthcare employees, Safai Karamcharis and so on will probably be given the vaccine. After that, individuals above 50 years of age, and other people under 50 with co-morbidities, estimated round 27 crore, will probably be chosen for vaccination. Therefore, round 30 crore individuals will probably be vaccinated on this spherical.
According to the provisional knowledge supplied by the Health Ministry, by the top of day-1 of the coronavirus inoculation drive, 1,65,714 beneficiaries have been vaccinated at 3,351 websites within the nation. In a press briefing, Additional Health Secretary M Agnani added that 16,755 personnel have been concerned within the drive.
#IndiaFightsCorona: From at the moment, #COVIDVaccination periods have begun within the nation. Total 3351 periods of each sort of vaccines (#Covaxin and #Covishield) held within the nation. Here’s the listing of 11 States, the place vaccine periods held: @MoHFW_INDIA pic.twitter.com/cNzirCPDGf— #IndiaFightsCorona (@COVIDNewsByMIB) January 16, 2021
The further Health Secretary knowledgeable that each kinds of vaccines, Covishield and Covaxin, have been provided for vaccination. While the Covishield vaccine developed by Serum Institute of India Ltd was provided to all states and UTs, Covaxin, developed by Bharat Biotech International Ltd, was given 12 states.
The Ministry furthered that ample portions of vaccine and logistics have been ensured in any respect COVID-19 vaccination session websites throughout the nation.

Since at the moment was the first day of the vaccination drive, minor hiccups with the Co-Win app, which not solely does the stock administration but additionally the beneficiary administration, have been highlighted throughout the marketing campaign which the federal government resolved concurrently. Amongst the issues incurred have been delay in importing of the beneficiary listing at some websites which was countered by optimising velocity and system efficiency. Secondly, few healthcare employees, although not scheduled for at the moment’s session, have been vaccinated at the moment. To make sure that this doesn’t occur sooner or later, the Health Ministry suggested states to add particulars of such well being employees in Co-Win database.
The Health Ministry summarised the press briefing by informing that, all in all, the day-1 of the vaccination drive was efficiently carried out everywhere in the nation with no circumstances of post-vaccination hospitalization reported from any states/UTs.
The state-wise variety of individuals vaccinated at the moment is given under.
Sl No.State/UTBeneficiaries vaccinated1Andaman And Nicobar782Andhra Pradesh16,9633Arunachal Pradesh7434Assam2,7215Bihar16,4016Chandigarh1957Chhattisgarh4,9858Dadra and Nagar Haveli649Daman and Diu4310Delhi3,40311Goa37312Gujarat8,55713Haryana4,65614Himachal Pradesh1,40815Jammu and Kashmir1,95416Jharkhand2,89717Karnataka12,63718Kerala7,20619Ladakh7620Lakshadweep2121Madhya Pradesh6,73922Maharashtra15,72723Manipur51024Meghalaya50925Mizoram31426Nagaland49927Odisha8,67528Puducherry20629Punjab1,20030Rajasthan9,27931Sikkim12032Tamil Nadu2,72833Telangana3,60034Tripura26635Uttar Pradesh15,97536Uttarakhand2,22637West Bengal9,57838Defence Personnel (HCWs)2,182All India1,65,714State-wide variety of individuals vaccinatedBilled because the world’s largest vaccination program, protecting all the size and breadth of the nation, the drive goals to first inoculate thousands and thousands of its healthcare and frontline employees and attain an estimated 3 crore individuals by the top of its first part. The drive will probably be held every day from 9 am to five pm, besides on the times earmarked for routine immunisation programmes.
Manish Kumar, a sanitation employee, grew to become the primary individual to obtain the Coronavirus vaccine on the AIIMS Delhi below India’s coronavirus vaccination drive that was launched at the moment. Kumar obtained the vaccination in presence of Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan.