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Dr Suraj Bhan Kamboj, 58, serving DGHS Haryana for the past 1.5 years gets the vaccine. "I am very well. No pain as yet. Hopefully all will go fine."

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Orthopaedic surgeon Dr Abhinav who will get the shot at Max saket. He had covid earlier. "Have full faith in the medical fraternity, ICMR and govt. There is no fear of things going wrong."

Saroj Bala, 40, sweeper at Panchkula General Dispensary to be the first to get the shot here. "I was told by doctor Madame I am to get the vaccine. I have no fears. I am happy to be the first one to take the shot."

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3 security guard of RML hospital Delhi - Ramakant Singh, Anand Kumar and Jitender Singh Chauhan - line up for the Covaxin, saying that they are “excited”, “happy” to finally be vaccinated.

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First nurse from Lok Nayak, Biji Tomy, to get the vaccine shot.

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Dr Rajiv Narwal, nodal officer Covid for Panchkula gets the second shot in Panchkula.

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Adeethi K (34), a nursing official, is the first beneficiary at Chacha Nehru Bal Chikitsalaya. She and her husband, also a nurse, had Covid in May. Their biggest fear was infecting their kids. "I am glad that I am among the first to get vaccinated."

Ashutosh Chaturvedi first to get the vaccine at Max Saket. "There was no pain or discomfort. I was kept in the observation room for 30 minutes and all my parameters checked. It's all normal, there's no uneasiness."

Manish Kumar (34), a sanitation worker at AIIMS, was the first to receive the vaccine here. "I wasnt worried because we had been motivated a lot and told that there's nothing to fear."

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Dr. Vishv Mohan (52), Professor Cardiology, is the first one to get a vaccine in Ludhiana's DMCH.

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Dr Rahul Sanghvi is the first recipient of the Covishield vaccine at Sarkhej UHC, Ahmedabad.
"I am feeling comfortable after taking the shot and I recommend everyone to take it."

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PCMC health chief Dr Pavan Salve gets first dose at Jijamata hospital in Pimpri.

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Aruna Jyothi (36), staff nurse at Nampally Area Hospital, Hyderabad after receiving her Covid-19 vaccine shot.

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Baindla Jyothi (42) staff nurse at Nampally area hospital, says there are no side effects after 30 minutes of taking the Covid-19 shot.

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Dr Ilias Ali, Padma Shri awardee and Dr. Umesh Chandra Sarma, Ex. Vice Chancellor, Srimanta Sankaradeva University of Health Sciences, Guwahati were among the first medical practitioners to receive the vaccine in Assam. Courtesy NHM Assam.

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Hardeep Singh, 37, a sanitation worker who works at the IGMC Hospital in Shimla is among the first to get the Covishield vaccine. He started working at the hospital in March last year, just when the pandemic struck and saw numerous Covid-related deaths at the hospital.

Dr Vijay Natarajan took first dose at Symbiosis hospital.

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Dr Gurpreet Wander (60), Chief Cardiologist at Hero DMCH heart center talks about getting the vaccination on the first day.

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Dr A K Singh, director Ram Manohar Lohia hospital and institute taking the first dose of Covid vaccine at RML vaccination center in Lucknow.

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Doctor Rajkumar Bhardwaj, from Kanwatiya hospital getting vaccinated. He had tested positive for Covid-19 in November.

Dr.Harpreet Bains (42) is the first to get vaccinated at Civil Hospital in Ludhiana.

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85 year old Dr R S Wadia took the vaccine dose.

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Biji, a Health worker after taking the Covid19 vaccination at LNJP Hospital in New Delhi.

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