Tulsi Das Chawla, 104, received a dose of Covieshield at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital. (Representative)
New Delhi:
A man born a few months before the Spanish flu in 1918 received the first sighting of the COVID-19 vaccine at a private facility here, hospital authorities said Saturday.
Tulsi Das Chawla, 104, received a dose of Covieshield at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday and has not shown any side effects, they said.
Born in November 1917, resident Patel Nagar retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 1975, a hospital spokesman said.
Wearing a red full-necked V-neck shirt, the centennial showered a V-neck and took on some of the designers.
“I urge everyone who deserves to come forward and take the COVID vaccine. It is completely safe,” Mr Chawla said in his statement. discharged the hospital.
Even at this age, he leads an “active life and does not suffer from any major abilities,” the hospital said.
“He received the vaccine successfully, and without any side effects at a later date,” the statement said.
Chawla was born on November 1, 1917, at the end of the First World War. A few months later in 1918, a Spanish pandemic struck the world. The COVID-19 pandemic, which ravaged the world in 2019-2020, was the worst pandemic from Spanish flu.
Globally, including in India, the elderly are a population group that is most vulnerable from catching the coronavirus infection. A huge number of elderly people have died due to COVID-19 worldwide.
More than 27,000 beneficiaries, including 14,874 seniors, received shots of the COVID-19 vaccine in the national capital on Friday, according to data shared with officials.
In the 45-59 age group, 2,020 beneficiaries had secured the jobs, a chief executive said.
More than 5,100 elderly people in Delhi received the first glimpse of the vaccine on Monday as the second phase of the vaccine began in the national capital.
Mr Chawla has two sons, two daughters, five grandchildren and a great-grandson. During his service, he was posted in several countries such as the USA, the Netherlands and Pakistan, the statement said.