Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday launched India’s coronavirus vaccination drive, as the inoculation process kicked off in 3,006 sites across all states and Union Territories. Modi billed the vaccination process as the largest-ever in history.
The prime minister hailed those who were involved in the research and development of the vaccines. “It usually takes years to develop a vaccine,” he said. “But in such short span of time not one, but two vaccines have been made in India.”
In a word of caution, Modi asked people to continue to follow coronavirus protocols, and gave a new motto: “Dawai bhi, kadaai bhi [Vaccine, as well as discipline]”. He also urged citizens not to ignore the second dose of the vaccine, pointing out that that the antibodies in a person will start to develop only two weeks after the second shot.
PM Modi reiterated the Centre’s plan to vaccinate 30 crore people by the second phase of the immunisation process and said that elderly…