World's biggest vaccine drive begins in India: Health workers get first jab

At each location, some 100 people are expected to receive the injections on Saturday

Health-workers flashed victory signs and smiled for cameras after being given coronavirus vaccines as India kicked off one of the largest inoculation drives in the world on Saturday, setting in motion a complex plan aimed at stemming infections across a nation of more than 1.3 billion people.

At hospitals and vaccination centers across major Indian cities -- from Mumbai to New Delhi -- tens of thousands of key frontline workers began queuing, some receiving the first vaccines while others administered them. Prime Minister Narendra Modi launched the program with a speech addressing more than 3,000 centers across India, where the first