Dhankhar gets first jab of COVID vaccine

West Bengal Governor Jagdeep Dhankhar and his wife Sudesh Dhankhar received the first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine on Thursday morning, officials of the Health Department said. The governor and the first lady were administered the COVID-19 vaccine at Command Hospital in Alipore, they said.

"The governor and his wife were administered the COVID-19 vaccine around 11.30 am at Command Hospital. Both are absolutely fine," a senior health official said. Dhankhar thanked the doctors, nurses and health workers at Command Hospital after being inoculated. Till Wednesday, 19.87 lakh people have been inoculated in West Bengal.

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