Gujarat Chief Minister Vijay Rup on Wednesday took his first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine in Gandhinagar.
Over the last few weeks, Chief Ministers of several other states including Mpur's Biren Singh, Chhattisgarh's Bhupesh Bhagel and Deputy Chief Minister of Delhi Msh Sisodia have taken the first dose of the vaccine.
India is currently in the third phase of the nationwide vaccination drive. As per the union health ministry, India on Wednesday crossed a landmark with more than 13 crore people administered with doses of COVID-19 vaccines.
More than 29 lakh vaccine doses were administered in the last 24 hours.
"Cumulatively, 13,01,19,310 vaccine doses have been administered through 19,01,413 sessions, as per the provisional report till 7 am today," the health ministry said.
( With inputs from ANI )
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