A grandmother claiming to be the oldest person in the world at 124 has received her first coronavirus jab in India. Rehtee Begum from the Baramulla district of Jammu and Kashmir was among 9,000 people in the district who was given the Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday. Later, the Department of Information and Public Relations of Jammu and Kashmir also confirmed the jab had been given to the elderly woman. In a video recorded after she was given the vaccine dose, the woman said she was feeling fine and doing well after being inoculated. In total, India has seen over 28.4 million reported cases and almost 338,000 deaths - although experts believe both figures to be much higher than that reported by health officials.

Source: Daily Mail June 03, 2021 17:24 UTC