Telangana Minister Decides Against Taking First Covid Shot After PM Warning

Saturday, 16 January 2021Newsdesk

Telangana Health Minister Eatala Rajender, who had declared he would take the first vaccine shot in his state, did not do so today citing Prime Minister Narendra Modi's "strict instruction" that health workers should be first in line.

New Delhi, 16 January 2021

As per news report of NDTV, yesterday, the minister had said he would take the first shot to instill confidence among people who still had apprehensions on safety of the vaccines. But a sanitation worker, Krishnamma, became the first in Telangana to get the Covid vaccine. "I appeal to all to go ahead and take the vaccine. I was also a little apprehensive but doctors reassured me and the health minister too told me not to worry. I so far have no symptoms," she said, holding flowers given by Gandhi Hospital, where she received the jab.

Source -NDTV