A Madhya Pradesh Twist To Record Vaccination Numbers On PM Modi Birthday

Preparations are now on for another mega push on September 27 -- the goal is to ensure the entire state's population is covered with the first dose.

India's record of over 2.5 crore Covid vaccinations on September 17, Prime Minister Narendra Modi's birthday, may have had a little twist in Madhya Pradesh. The state's contribution -- a milestone in itself at over 27 lakh doses -- included several errors, including some bizarre ones. "Dear Vidya Sharma, you have successfully been vaccinated with your 2nd dose with Covishield on 17th September",when India set a world record in #vaccinations Ashutosh was shocked because his mother had died of #COVID19 4 months earlier @ndtv@ndtvindia@manishndtv@GargiRawatpic.twitter.com/R1loSFh0I2

A number of people who had not received their Covid shots somehow seem to have been issued vaccination certificates.

"Dear Vidya Sharma, you have successfully been vaccinated with your second dose with Covishield on 17th September, when India set a world record in vaccinations," reads one text message. Ashutosh Sharma, a resident of Aagar-Malwa district, 200 kilometres northwest of capital Bhopal, had received it at exactly 8.02 pm on September 17. It was about his mother.