India vaccinates over 190,000 on first day of rollout; Co-Win causes delays

Health Ministry said that it had received complaints of the Co-WIN digital platform being slow

India gave coronavirus vaccine to more than 190,000 health workers across the country on the first day of the vaccination drive, which went off fairly smoothly – barring software glitches that delayed the exercise at many centres, a few minor adverse events following immunisation, and some doctors refusing to take the Covaxin shot. 

There was no post-vaccination hospitalisation reported in any of the centres, the health ministry said.  

Among those who received the jab today were V K Paul, member health Niti Aayog and chair of the national expert committee on vaccine administration, Randeep Guleria, director of All India