{"id":32199,"date":"2021-01-16T12:07:15","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:37:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/?p=32199"},"modified":"2021-01-16T12:26:54","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:56:54","slug":"pm-modi-launches-vaccination-drive-in-india","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/pm-modi-launches-vaccination-drive-in-india\/","title":{"rendered":"PM Modi launches vaccination drive in India"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The mass vaccination drive to curb the deadly Covid19 pandemic has begun pan India on the 16th of January with PM Modi officially launching it along with a motto \u2013 \u2018Dawai Bhi, Kadai Bhi\u2019 which translates to \u2018vaccine as well as a discipline\u2019. It may be noted that this is the world\u2019s largest vaccination programme, with two vaccines \u2013 Bharat Biotech and Covaxin being injected to the public. Initially, three crore frontline warriors will be administered the shots.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-32202 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-360x180.jpg 360w, https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-750x375.jpg 750w, https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-100x50.jpg 100w, https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.theleonews.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Covid-150x75.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe DCGI (Drug Controller General of India) gave approval after they were satisfied with the data of the two vaccines. So, stay away from rumours. Our vaccine developers have global credibility. Life-saving vaccines given to 60% of children globally are made in India. India&#8217;s vaccines are developed in a way keeping in mind the conditions of the country. They will give decisive victory to our country,\u201d the PM said, adding that people must vaccinate themselves with the booster dose exactly after a month of the primary dose.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Launch of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/LargestVaccineDrive?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#LargestVaccineDrive<\/a>. Let us defeat COVID-19. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FE0TBn4P8I\">https:\/\/t.co\/FE0TBn4P8I<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/narendramodi\/status\/1350306962676715522?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 16, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mass vaccination drive to curb the deadly Covid19 pandemic has begun pan India on the 16th of January with PM Modi officially launching it along with a motto \u2013 \u2018Dawai Bhi, Kadai Bhi\u2019 which translates to \u2018vaccine as well as a discipline\u2019. 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