Tata Group's Chairman Emeritus Ratan Tata on Saturday took his first dose of COVID-19 vaccination. He said the vaccine shot was painless and expressed his hope that everyone would get immunised against coronavirus in the near future. "Very thankful to have gotten my first vaccination shot today. As many as 2,82,18,457 doses of the vaccine have been administered till March 12, out of which 20,53,537 were done on Friday. India started its vaccination drive on January 16 with priority given to all healthcare and frontline workers in the first phase.

Source: dna March 13, 2021 09:11 UTC