C’garh, MP sanitation staff get jab; docs dance in Gwalior

Hari Deb, a security guard of J.P. Hospital in Bhopal on Saturday got the first shot of antiCovid-19 vaccine in Madhya Pradesh, kick starting the vaccination drive in the state.

Forty-two-year-old Deb was administered the vaccine in the J.P. Hospital Centre here immediately after Prime Minister Narendra Modi ended his vaccine address.

Mr Deb was presented a bouquet by senior officials of the state health department on the occasion. “I feel good. I feel elated that I have been chosen to get the first shot in the state”, Mr Deb told reporters.

A doctor in the J.P. Hospital, Anupa Shukla, was the second person to get the shot. “I am happy that I got the opportunity to get the shot on the first day of the first phase of vaccination. A vaccine develops immunity in the body. There is no need to be scared of getting vaccinated,” she said.

In government-run Hamidia hospital, sanitation worker Sanjay Yadav was administered the first vaccine. Chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan was present on the occasion. In Gwalior, sanitation worker Raghuvir became the first person to get vaccinated.

Later, dean of the hospital S.N. Ayengar and principal of the JAH medical college R.S. Dhakad took the shots.

Doctors in the hospital danced to the tune of Bollywood music after getting vaccinated.

Local sanitation staff Kailash Sisodia, Raju Valmiki, Asha Pawar, Baisakhu Pahngar and Upendra Kaushik became the first recipients of vaccines in Ujjain, Sagar, Indore, Jabalpur and Rewa Centres respectively.