Geeta, 1st recipient of CORONA vaccine says, ‘I am feeling completely healthy’
Lucknow, 16 January (HS) : The staff nurse of Balrampur hospital in Lucknow, Geeta Devi, who took the first shot of the CORONA vaccine on Saturday, said that she was feeling completely healthy.
“Initially I was scared but after taking the dose, I am feeling completely healthy. I am happy that India is the first country in the world to successfully make the vaccine,” said Geeta Devi, the staff nurse of Balrampur hospital, who was the first recipient of the CORONA vaccine.
The much awaited corona vaccination started in Uttar Pradesh on Saturday and Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath visited the Balrampur Hospital in Lucknow and reviewed the vaccination drive. CM also interacted with the staff of the hospital. In the Balrampur Hospital, the first dose was administered to the staff nurse Geeta Devi and Dr Praveen Kumar.
“Today is a day of happiness and excitement for the people of the country. The vaccination, which began under the leadership of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, will prove to be the final blow against Covid-19 in the country. India is the first nation in the country that has launched two vaccines for corona. I congratulate the scientists and the doctors, including the PM, on this achievement,” said the CM.
Some selfish people with vested interests were spreading rumors about the corona vaccine, he said. ” We always to be valiant. There is a need to avoid any kind of rumor and people should wait for their turn,” he added.
The CM said that that vaccination also carried forward PM Modi’s resolution of `Make in India’. “The vaccination has started country-wide on Sunday in India. Those who have been administered the vaccine today, they will get the second dose after 28 days. People should wait for their turn and everyone’s order has been set,” he pointed saying “we have to break the chain of corona.”
It is to be mentioned that many doctors and nurses got vaccinated in Balrampur hospital. They were also kept in observation for half an hour and all of them were completely healthy.
