Noida: Becoming among the first lawmakers in India to get inoculated for the COVID-19 infection, BJP leader Mahesh Sharma, the MP from Uttar Pradesh`s Gautam Buddh Nagar, was vaccinated for the coronavirus on Saturday as a healthcare worker.
Dr Sharma, who is also a trained doctor, got vaccinated at 11 am at a hospital in Noida Sector 27, a spokesperson told news agency PTI as the mammoth nationwide vaccination drive was launched by Prime Minister Narendra Modi this morning.

The 61-year-old former union minister was then kept under observation for 30 minutes at the hospital.

"The beginning of the end for COVID-19 has started today with Prime Minister Narendra Modi launching the world`s largest vaccination campaign. As a doctor, I have also got vaccinated for coronavirus. I am feeling absolutely fine. The vaccine is completely safe and all of you should get vaccinated," Dr Sharma tweeted in Hindi.

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