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New Delhi March 6A man born a few months before the outbreak of the Spanish Flu in 1918 received his first shot of COVID-19 vaccine at a private facility here hospital authorities said on Saturday. Born in November 1917 the Patel Nagar resident retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 1975 said a hospital spokesperson. A few months later in 1918 the Spanish Flu pandemic hit the world. The COVID-19 pandemic which ravaged the world in 2019-2020 was the worst pandemic since the Spanish Flu. Over 27000 beneficiaries including 14874 senior citizens received shots of the COVID-19 vaccine in the national capital on Friday according to data shared by officials..