COVID-19 vaccination drive: Mumbai healthcare workers, doctors among first recipients on Day 1

Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray launched the statewide COVID19 vaccination drive on SaturdaySeveral doctors were administered the vaccine with many of them saying that they wanted to dispel fear about the inoculation by volunteering to take the first dosesLIVE UPDATESAt the civicrun Sion hospital and medical college Dean Mohan Joshi was the first beneficiary followed by 42 others including heads of department and associate professorsGanesh Parkar who works as a peon at Dadars Sushrusha Hospital said he was happy that he was the first employee from the hospital to get the jabMedical staff waiting to be vaccinated show their token number at at Bharatratna Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Municipal General Hospital on Saturday PicSatej ShindeAdditional municipal commissioner Suresh Kakani said the SMSes were not received by some beneficiaries due to technical glitches in CoWIN applicationPrime Minister Narendra Modi should first get himself vaccinated for COVID19 to clear doubts in the minds of people Vanchit Bahujan Aghadi VBA leader Prakash Ambedkar said on Saturday READ THE FULL STORY HEREBharat Biotech which has received a government purchase order for supply of 55 lakh doses of Covaxin said on Saturday that the company will pay compensation to recipients in case of any serious adverse effects experienced after receiving the antidote READ THE FULL STORY HERECEO of Serum Institute of India Adar Poonawalla gets the COVID19 vaccineI wish India amp Sri narendramodi ji great success in launching the worldrsquos largest COVID vaccination rollout It brings me great pride that COVISHIELD is part of this historic effort amp to endorse itrsquos safety amp efficacy I join our health workers in taking the vaccine myself pictwittercomX7sNxjQBN6mdash Adar Poonawalla adarpoonawalla January 16 2021Uddhav Thackeray launched the drive at Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation BMC centre in BandraKurla Complex BKC terming it as a revolutionary step The civic body started the drive at the 40odd units housed in the nine vaccination centres and is expected to at least vaccinate 4000 people on Saturday ldquoThe drive which has been planned in two shifts will start around 11 am on both Saturday and Sunday and continue till 6 pmrdquo said a civic official With this we have taken a revolutionary step today during the Covid19 pandemic the health workers cooperated with us in a big way Even after the vaccination all Covid19 precautions must continue to be observed Thackeray urgedDr Ranjit Mankeshwar Dean JJ Hospital in Mumbai and Dr Padmaja Saraf received the vaccine shots in Mumbai and at Jalna civil hospital respectivelyWhile former Shiv Sena Health Minister Deepak Sawant was administered the first Covishield Vaccine jab at RN Cooper Hospital medico Madhura Patil was given the maiden dose at the Bandra Kurla Complex field hospital both in their capacity as medical frontline workers NaToCorona pictwittercomQsAK5kAVQomdash Mumbai BMC mybmc January 16 2021CM Uddhav Balasaheb Thackeray launched the statewide vaccination drive and inaugurated the COVID Vaccination Centre in BKC In the first phase of priority group health care workers were vaccinated today pictwittercomgFH5mGOYnzmdash CMO Maharashtra CMOMaharashtra January 16 2021WATCH VIDEO CM Uddhav Thackeray inaugurates the COVID19 vaccination drive at BKC MumbaiThe inoculation drive is taking place at 285 centres in Maharashtra where 100 healthcare workers will be administered the shots in a day and cover 28500 workers an official saidRajawadi Hospital dean Vidhya Thakur received the first shot at Rajawadi vaccination center PicSuresh KarkeraMeanwhile Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched Indias COVID19 vaccination drive on Saturday via video conferencing Adequate doses of the two madeinIndia vaccines have been delivered to all states and Union Territories the government said On day one around 300000 people will receive the first of two doses While launching the drive the Prime Minister said that in general vaccines take years to develop but now we have two Made in India vaccines and this is evidence of Indias scientific progress and talentSnehal Rane who works with BMC as a public health worker gets ready for COVID19 vaccination at Jumbo Covid center BKC PicPradeep DhivarA moment of HOPE for the human race as we witnessed the first vaccine being administered at the BKC vaccination centre tweeted Maharashtra minister Aaditya ThackerayA moment of HOPE for the human race as we witnessed the first vaccine being administered at the BKC vaccination centre For CM Uddhav Thackeray ji and us all it was a moment of honour to stand with our front line workers and be part of this historic moment for Maharashtra 1n pictwittercomfHOdsfyWWomdash Aaditya Thackeray AUThackeray January 16 2021ldquoToday is the start of the inoculation drive for COVID19 vaccine We have to end coronavirusrdquo Uddhav Thackeray saidDr Madhura Patil took the first Covishield vaccine dose amid a huge media glare with Uddhav Thackeray Mayor Kishori Pednekar BMC Commissioner IS Chahal top ministers civic and medical officials and other invitees standing and watching the process Patil displayed a thumbs up sign A revolutionary moment in our WarAgainstVirus pictwittercom5JIRVD6PGcmdash CMO Maharashtra CMOMaharashtra January 16 2021Uddhav Thackeray launches COVID19 vaccination driveLaunch of the statewide COVID19 vaccination program httpstco9fC8ow30qJmdash CMO Maharashtra CMOMaharashtra January 16 2021Wockhardt Hospital at Mira Road is all set for the first day of the COVID19 vaccination driveWockardt Hospital at Mira Road is all set for first day of COVID19Vaccine vaccination driveVideo credits Nimesh DaveCoronaVaccine CovidVaccine Mumbai pictwittercomghhQKCl6cUmdash Mid Day mid_day January 16 2021Dr Vidya Thakur Superintendent of Rajawadi Hospital is the first to get COVID19 vaccination shot in Mumbai PicAnurag KambleA sanitation worker was the first person to receive COVID19 vaccine at AIIMS in New DelhiWATCH Manish Kumar a sanitation worker becomes the first person to receive COVID19 vaccine jab at AIIMS Delhi in presence of Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan pictwittercom6GKqlQM07dmdash ANI ANI January 16 2021Maharashtras COVID19 tally on Friday reached 1984768 as it recorded 3145 fresh cases of infection The state also reported 45 deaths taking the fatality count to 50336Mumbai reported 575 positive cases during the day which pushed its overall case count to 301655 while its death toll rose to 11229 of which eight were reported on FridayOver one crore people 10527683 have been infected with COVID19 so far and the death toll rose to close to 152 lakh according to Fridays health ministry update There are over 213 lakh active cases in India