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President Kovind gets 1st dose of COVID-19 vaccine

Kovind urged all eligible citizens to get vaccinated

President Ram Nath Kovind receives the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine | PTI

President Ram Nath Kovind was administered the first dose of COVID-19 vaccine at an Army hospital on Wednesday and urged all eligible citizens to get vaccinated.

According to tweets on his official handle, the president (75) was accompanied by his daughter when the vaccine dose was administered to him at the Indian Army's Research and Referral Hospital in Delhi.

The president thanked all doctors, nurses, health workers and administrators who are successfully implementing the largest vaccination drive in history and urged all eligible citizens to get vaccinated.