India launches world's largest COVID-19 vaccination drive - In Pics

Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the "world's largest" vaccination campaign on Saturday (January 16, 2021) as India tries to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control starting with two locally-manufactured shots. 

 

(Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences (IGIMS) in Patna, Bihar has been decorated with flowers and balloons ahead of the launch of the Covid-19 vaccination drive.)

MUMBAI: An artist of Gurukul school of art paints a poster of vaccination drive, on the eve of rollout of the vaccination program for the frontline workers in Mumbai.

 

TEZPUR: A worker arranges boxes containing Covishield vaccine doses for their dispatch across the Sonitpur district, in Tezpur, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. A countrywide COVID-19 vaccination drive is set to rollout from January 16, 2021.

KOCHI: Ernakulam District Nodal Officer Dr Sivadas gives instructions to medics as part of preparation for the first round of COVID vaccination drive scheduled to begin across the country from Jan. 16, in Kochi.

THANE:  Medics at Thane Civil Hospital as part of the preparation for the first round of COVID vaccination drive scheduled to begin across the country from Jan. 16, in Thane, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021. 

JABALPUR: Medics at Seth Govind Das Victoria Hospital as part of the preparation for the first round of COVID vaccination drive scheduled to begin across the country from Jan. 16, in Jabalpur, Friday, Jan. 15, 2021.

RAJASTHAN: Workers unload the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccination at a storage facility, in Bikaner. 

NEW DELHI: A medical worker takes a look at the final Preparation Covid-19 Vaccination Drive, at Aruna Asaf Hospital in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)

MUMBAI: Medics staff sit inside a vaccination booth at BKC in preparation for the first round of COVID vaccination drive scheduled to begin across the country from January 16, in Mumbai.

NEW DELHI: A medical worker takes a look at the final Preparation Covid-19 Vaccination Drive, at Aruna Asaf Hospital in New Delhi on Friday. (ANI Photo)

 

 

The world’s largest vaccination programme will begin at a total of 3006 session sites across all States/UTs, which will be connected virtually throughout the exercise.