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India rolls out COVID-19 vaccination drive
The first COVID-19 vaccine shots were given on January 16 to nearly two lakh frontline health care and sanitary workers
The Centre has said that it will be the world’s largest inoculation drive against the pandemic
Two types of COVID-19 vaccines have been supplied for the vaccination drive
Covaxin (indigenously developed by Bharat Biotech) has been supplied to 12 states
Covishield (from the Oxford/AstraZeneca stable manufactured by the Serum Institute) has been supplied to all states/UTs
There will be a gap of 28 days between two doses of COVID-19 vaccines and its effectiveness can be seen only after 14 days
Around three crore people will be vaccinated in the first phase of of the drive
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