India flags off second phase of Covid-19 vaccination drive| In Photos

The first day of the second phase started with the vaccination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at AIIMS in Delhi.

India on Monday rolled out the second phase of its vaccination drive against the coronavirus disease (Covid-19). The second phase is a nation-wide drive to inoculate people above 60 years of age and those above 45 years with co-morbidities. Several people were seen at centres to get themselves vaccinated against the coronavirus disease.

Mumbaikars queued up at Bandra-Kurla Complex's Jumbo Covid-19 hospital to receive their Covid-19 shots. Satish Bate/HT (Satish Bate)

Mumbaikars queued up at Bandra-Kurla Complex's Jumbo Covid-19 hospital to receive their Covid-19 shots. Citizens were also seen lining up at Thane civil hospital for their first doses of the Covid-19 vaccine. "For comorbidities, a citizen has to produce a certificate from a registered medical practitioner, in which one of the enlisted comorbidities has to be verified and certified by a registered medical practitioner. They have to submit it to the centre and on-site registration can be done," Dr Rajesh Dere, Dean of BKC hospital's Covid Centre told ANI.

Similarly elsewhere in Chandigarh, Lucknow, and the national capital of Delhi, senior citizens lined up to wait for their turn at vaccination. The first day of the second phase started with the vaccination of Prime Minister Narendra Modi at AIIMS in Delhi. Odisha chief minister Naveen Patnaik, and Vice President M Venkaiah Naidu also took their first shots today.

A senior citizen getting her Covid-19 shots at Jumbo hospital, BKC Satish Bate/HT (Photos by Satish Bate)

BKC Jombo's timing for Covid-19 vaccination is from 9 am to 5 pm. Satish Bate/HT (Satish Bate/HT)

Senior citizens waiting for their turn at BKC Jumbo Covid-19 centre. Photo by Satish Bate/HT (Satish Bate/HT)

Citizens can self-register on the Cowin app to schedule their vaccination. Photo by Satish Bate/HT (Photo by Satish Bate/HT)

People can use Aadhar Cards, PAN Cards, pension documents etc to register for their Covid-19 shot. Photo by Satish Bate/HT (Photo by Satish Bate/HT)

Senior citizen gets vaccinated against Covid-19 at Thane civil hospital on March 1. Praful Gangurde / HT photo (Praful Gangurde / HT photo)

Senior citizens waiting thier turn for Covid Vaccine at Max Hospital, Saket in New Delhi. Photo by Sanjeev Verma/HT (Sanjeev Verma/HT)

A vial of Serum Institute of India's Covishield being prepared for vaccination at Civil Hospital Sector 45 in Chandigarh. Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times (Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times)

Vaccination underway at Civil Hospital Sector 45 in Chandigarh. Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times (Keshav Singh/Hindustan Times)

Elderly people pose for a photograph after being administered the Covid-19 vaccine at Civil Hospital in Lucknow, (PTI Photo/ Nand Kumar) (PTI)