'Get Your Shot Soon', Appeals PM Modi As He Takes Second Dose Of COVID-19 Vaccine At Delhi's AIIMS

Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received his second dose of COVID-19 vaccine at Delhi’s premier All India Institutes of Medical Sciences. 

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More than five weeks after receiving the first dose COVID-19 vaccine, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday received his second dose at Delhi’s premier All India Institutes of Medical Sciences. 

The prime minister went to AIIMS early this morning, sporting an Assamese ‘gamocha’. Soon after being administered with the second dose, he appealed to the the people to get the shot soon as 'Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus.'

Posting a picture of him receiving the shot, PM Modi said "Taking to his Twitter, PM said "Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS today. Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus. If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon. Register on http://CoWin.gov.in."

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Got my second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine at AIIMS today.<br><br>Vaccination is among the few ways we have, to defeat the virus.<br><br>If you are eligible for the vaccine, get your shot soon. Register on <a href="https://t.co/hXdLpmaYSP" rel='nofollow'>https://t.co/hXdLpmaYSP</a>. <a href="https://t.co/XZzv6ULdan" rel='nofollow'>pic.twitter.com/XZzv6ULdan</a></p>&mdash; Narendra Modi (@narendramodi) <a href="https://twitter.com/narendramodi/status/1379974475278557187?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw" rel='nofollow'>April 8, 2021</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script> 

The two nurses who administered COVID19 vaccine to PM Modi at AIIMS are — P. Niveda from Puducherry and Nisha Sharma from Punjab. News agency ANI quoted Sister Nisha Sharma who inoculated PM Modi, saying "I have given the second dose of COVAXIN to our Prime Minister Narendra Modi today. He spoke to us. It was a memorable moment for me as I got to meet him and vaccinate him." 

"I am the vaccinator who gave the first dose of COVAXIN to PM Narendra Modi. Today I got another opportunity to meet him & vaccinate him for the second time. I was elated again. He spoke to us, we even clicked pictures with him," said Sister P Niveda who vaccinated PM Modi. 

In a bid to control to spread of deadly Coronavirus, India is holding a massive vaccination drive across country. As per the Union Health Ministry, India has surpassed the US to become the fastest COVID-19 vaccinating country in the world. 

As per the provisional report, the cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 8.70 crore with an average daily rate of 30,93,861 vaccine doses. 

These include over 89 lakh health care workers (HCWs) who have taken the 1st dose and and about 53 lakh health care workers who have taken the 2nd dose. About 97 lakh frontline workers (FLWs)  have received the first dose and more than 43 lakh FLWs have taken the 2nd dose.