“No Need To Be Scared”: Frontline Workers, Ministers On Day 1 Of Vaccination Drive
India's drive is one of the world's biggest vaccination programmes.New Delhi: As India launched the world's largest vaccination drive against the coronavirus pandemic, here are some of the reactions from different leaders, ministers and those who took the first shot:Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan: These vaccines are "sanjivani" in our fight against this pandemic. We have won the battles against polio and small pox. Now, we have reached the decisive phase of winning the war against coronavirus.Manish Kumar, first person in Delhi to get vaccine shot: Many of them (staff) 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.Bipasha Seth, first person to get the shot in West Bengal: It'...