Coronavirus Vaccine Live: AIIMS Director Randeep Guleria receives COVID-19 vaccine jab in Delhi

Vaccination drive begins at Civil Hospital in Ahmedabad in presence of CM Vijay Rupani

Harsh Vardhan shows a dose of COVAXIN developed by Bharat Biotech at AIIMS Delhi

India is among the few countries which despite hardships, provided medicines & medical help to over 150 countries around the world. Whether it is paracetamol, hydroxychloroquine, or testing equipment, India has made every possible effort to save people of other countries

- PM Modi

Today, when we've developed our own vaccine, the world is looking at India with hope. As our vaccination drive will move forward, other countries of the world will benefit from it. India's vaccine & our production capability must be used for human interest, this is our commitment

- PM Modi

I am very happy and satisfied today. We have been fighting against COVID-19 in PM's leadership for the last one year. This vaccine will work as a 'sanjeevani' in the fight against COVID-19, which has entered the final stage

- Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan

AIIMS Director Dr Randeep Guleria receives COVID-19 vaccine jab at AIIMS, Delhi

A sanitation worker becomes the first person to receive COVID-19 vaccine jab at AIIMS Delhi

PM Modi launching the nation-wide vaccination drive against COVID-19, via video conference

Start of vaccination does not mean people should stop following the Covid protocols of wearing masks and maintaining social distancing. We must take another vow - Dawai bhi, Kadaai bhi

- PM Modi

In the fight against Corona, we've set an example for the world at many steps. When countries left their citizens, stuck in China amidst this pandemic, on their own, India stepped up & evacuated not only Indians but also people of other nations under Vande Bharat mission

- PM Modi

Don't make the mistake of ignoring the second vaccine dose

- PM Modi

This disease kept people away from their families. The mothers cried for their children & had to stay away. People could not meet their elderly admitted at hospitals. We could not bid adieu to those with proper rituals who died due to corona

- PM Modi

Today when we take a look at the last year, we realise that we have learnt a lot as a person, a family and as a nation

- PM Modi

Our vaccination programme driven by humanitarian concerns, those exposed to maximum risk get priority

- PM Modi

Never before in history has such a big vaccination drive been launched

- PM Modi

Such a vaccination drive at such a massive scale was never conducted in history. There are over 100 countries having less than 3 crore population & India is administering vaccination to 3 crore people in first phase only. In second phase, we've to take this number to 30 crores

- PM Modi

I request you not to make the mistake of taking off the mask and not maintaining social distancing after getting the first dose because immunity develops after the second dose

- PM Modi

I want to remind people of the country that two doses of the Corona vaccine are very important. Experts have said that there should be a gap of one month between both vaccinations

- PM Modi

Normally, it takes many years to make a vaccine but in such a short span of time, not one, but two 'Made in India' vaccines are ready. Meanwhile, the work on other vaccines is progressing at a fast pace

- PM Modi

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan in AIIMS Delhi

Everyone was asking as to when the vaccine will be available. It is available now. I congratulate all the countrymen on this occasion

- PM Narendra Modi

Prime Minister Narendra Modi to launch the pan-India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive shortly, through video conference

A total of 18,57,65,491 samples were tested for COVID-19, up to 15th January of which 8,03,090 samples were tested yesterday: Indian Council of Medical Research

India to launch Covid-19 vaccination drive shortly; visuals from Sawai Man Singh (SMS) Hospital in Jaipur

India reports 15,158 new COVID-19 cases, 16,977 discharges and 175 deaths in last 24 hours, as per Union Health Ministry

Visuals from Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences in Patna

States allowed to update inoculation data manually

CM Kejriwal will witness the launch of COVID-19 vaccination programme at Lok Nayak Jai Prakash Narayan Hospital today

Visuals from Guwahati Medical College in Assam

Area Hospital, Nampally in Hyderabad decked up ahead of vaccination drive

Visuals from COVID-19 vaccination centre at AIIMS Delhi

BHU Hospital in Varanasi decorated with balloons ahead of Covid-19 vaccine drive

COVID-19 in Delhi: 295 cases, lowest since May 9; positivity rate dips to 0.44%

Healthcare NGO raises concerns over Covaxin

PM Narendra Modi to launch Co-WIN app today as formal vaccine rollout starts

Mizoram reported 4 new COVID-19 cases in the last 24 hours, as per state government

Apart from Victoria Hospital, we have identified 6 other sites for launch of COVID vaccination drive today. We have sent vaccines to each vaccination site & have sent message to beneficiaries receiving vaccine: Special Commissioner, Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara Palike

We have selected 11 institutions as the launch stations for today. We have distributed vaccines at all the centres. We have trained the staff and are maintaining all the COVID protocols at every centre: District Medical Officer, Thiruvananthapuram

In the first phase of vaccination that begins on January 16 at 150 centres in the state, 4.16 lakh health workers will be vaccinated. In the first week, 57,000 health workers will be vaccinated & 50,000 in the second week: Dr Prabhuram Choudhary, Madhya Pradesh Health Minister

All arrangements have been made. We have received around 11,000 vaccines and have 21,000 healthcare workers registered in the district: Deputy Commissioner, Kalaburagi

COVID-19 vaccination drive to be held at 77 immunization sites in Haryana

COVID-19 vaccination will be conducted at 7 sites in Jabalpur today. 24,000 healthcare workers have been identified for vaccination in the first phase. In the second phase, frontline workers will be vaccinated: Jabalpur Collector Karmveer Sharma, Madhya Pradesh

In view of the drop in new COVID-19 cases, Delhi Government orders 115 private hospitals to scale down COVID and ICU beds

India is set to begin the world's biggest vaccination drive today. This is the beginning of the end of COVID. Both indigenously manufactured vaccines given emergency use approval after scientific scrutiny: Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan

Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan will visit the new OPD Wing of AIIMS Delhi today to join the AIIMS Doctors and potential vaccine beneficiaries to participate in and witness the launch of COVID-19 vaccination by Prime Minister at 10.30 am.

Visuals from Indira Gandhi Institute of Medical Sciences, Patna

Preparations underway at JLN Medical College, Raipur ahead of the launch of COVID-19 vaccination drive today

A civil dispensary in Panchkula geared up for COVID-19 vaccination drive to begin today

State govt officials inspect SSKM Hospital in Kolkata for preparation of COVID vaccination drive

Nobel Hospital in Pune prepared for nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive launching today

Medical experts back both Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech's vaccines in India

Mahindra Group registers interest to seek COVID-19 vaccines for employees

Former Union minister and sitting Lok Sabha MP Mahesh Sharma said he will take COVID-19 vaccine today, becoming one of the first parliamentarians to get jabbed for coronavirus in country

Noida gets 28,840 doses, vaccination to begin today

Schools for Classes 5 to 8 to reopen in Maharashtra from Jan 27

Spain reports record 40,197 COVID-19 cases

Healthcare workers in Maharashtra to be vaccinated four days a week

Global death toll from COVID-19 tops 2 million amid vaccine rollout