Sitharaman, Manmohan get Covid vaccine

March 04, 2021 13:56

Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on Thursday received her first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Fortis Hospital in Vasant Kunj. Union Minister said that she is fortunate to be in India, where development and dissemination has been prompt and affordable. "Got my first dose of the vaccination against COVID-19 this morning. Thanking Sister Ramya PC for her care and professionalism. Fortunate to be in India, where development and dissemination has been prompt and affordable. #vaccinated," Sitharaman tweeted.

Former prime minister Manmohan Singh on Thursday took his first dose of COVID-19 vaccination at AIIMS in New Delhi. Singh was accompanied by his wife Gursharan Kaur, who also took the vaccine shot. They were administered Covaxin, India's first indigenously developed vaccine by Bharat Biotech.

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