Vaccination Phase II: Heavyweights who took the Covid-19 shotIndia's inoculation drive entered its second phase on Monday in which the coverage was expanded to include everyone above 60 and those over 45 with co-morbidities.70-year-old Prime Minister Narendra Modi took the Covid-19 jab on Monday and was the first to get take the vaccine, leading India's inoculation drive in Phase II.As the vaccination programme got underway amid hopes it would help control the uptick in Covid-19 cases in several states, Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu, Union ministers Amit Shah and S Jaishankar, Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar and his Odisha counterpart Naveen Patnaik, Governors of Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu, Kalraj Mishra and Banwarilal Purohit respectively, NCP supremo Sharad Pawar, Infosys co-founders N R Narayanamurthy, and Kris Gopalakrishnan were among the noted personalities who received their shots.Some more known faces got vaccinated today.
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Vaccination Phase II: Heavyweights that took the Covid-19 shot
Makkal Needhi Maiam (MNM) Founder and actor-turned-politician Kamal Haasan. Credit: Twitter/@ikamalhaasan.
Minister for Minority Affairs Mukhtar Abbas Naqvi. Credit: PTI Photo.
Kotak Mahindra Bank MD and CEO Uday Kotak. Credit: Twitter/@udaykotak.
Kerala Health Minister K K Shailaja. Credit: Twitter/@PIBTvpm.
Indian cricket team's head coach Ravi Shastri. Credit: Twitter/@RaviShastriOfc.
Assam Health Minister Himanta Biswa Sarma. Credit: Twitter/@himantabiswa.
Vice President of India M Venkaiah Naidu. Credit: Twitter/@VPSecretariat.
External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar. Credit: Twitter/@DrSJaishankar.
Bihar Chief Minister Nitish Kumar. Credit: Twitter/@NitishKumar.
Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik. Credit: Twitter/@Naveen_Odisha.
Governor of Rajasthan Kalraj Mishra. Credit: Twitter/@PBNS_India.
Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy. Credit: PTI Photo.
NCP Chief Sharad Pawar. Credit: Twitter/@PawarSpeaks.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi. Credit: PTI Photo.