(WHATFINGER NEWS) – Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the “world’s largest” vaccination campaign on Saturday as the populous nation tries to bring the COVID-19 pandemic under control starting with two locally-manufactured shots.
Modi will address healthcare workers through video conferencing but will not immediately take the vaccine himself as India is initially prioritizing nurses, doctors and others on the front line.
On the first day, around 100 people will be voluntarily vaccinated in each of the 3,006 centers in the country, the government said this week, calling it the start of the biggest such campaign in the world.
