Assam chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal launched the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive at Assam Medical College & Hospital (AMCH) in Dibrugarh on Saturday.
AMCH principal Dr Sanjeev Kakoti, vice-principal Dr Rupak Kumar Gogoi, superintendent Prasanta Dihingia, AMCH physicians Dr Hem Chandra Kalita, AMCH retired professors Dr Girindra Nath Gogoi, Dr Rama Pd. Medhi and Dr Shantanu Lahkar were among the first 100 health professionals who took the vaccine on Saturday.
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Vaccination also started at Barbaruah Block PHC in Dibrugarh.
“Honoured to launch the COVID19 vaccination drive at AMCH, Dibrugarh…,” Sonowal said in a tweet.
Honoured to launch the #COVID19 vaccination drive at AMCH, Dibrugarh.
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Under the dynamic leadership of PM Shri @narendramodi Ji, the nation today is undergoing the #LargestVaccineDrive and it will empower us to fight coronavirus with renewed vigour and defeat it. pic.twitter.com/GsMqfcHXJv
— Sarbananda Sonowal (@sarbanandsonwal) January 16, 2021
A total of 12 doctors got their first shot of vaccine at Gauhati Medical College and Hospital (GMCH) in the presence of health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma.
Glorious Day!
Following the Grand vision of Hon PM Sri @narendramodi, the ambitious #COVID19Vaccination drive has started in #Assam today, along with rest of India.
Glad to join it at GMCH.#LargestVaccineDrive #TogetherAgainstCOVID19@MoHFW_INDIA @drharshvardhan @PMOIndia pic.twitter.com/u16cN1Ghdj
— Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) January 16, 2021
Dr Umesh Chandra Sarma, retired vice-chancellor of Srimanta Sankardev University of Health Sciences received the first dose of the vaccine at the GMCH.
Sarma on Friday had said that nearly 1.9 lakh COVID warriors will be covered in the first phase and they will be followed by one lakh frontline workers in the second stage.
As many as 8,651 vaccinators have been trained who will be supervised by 1,300 trained personnel.