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104-year-old man born before Spanish Flu outbreak gets 1st dose of Covid vaccine

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COVID-19 vaccine at a private facility here, hospital authorities said on Saturday.Tulsi Das Chawla, 104, was given a dose of Covishield at Sir Ganga Ram Hospital on Friday and has not exhibited any adverse effects, they said.Born on November 1917, the Patel Nagar resident, retired from the Indian Foreign Service in 1975, a hospital spokesperson said.Wearing a full-sleeved V-neck red shirt, the centenarian flashed a V-sign and obliged some of the photographers."I urge everyone, who is eligible, to come forward and take the COVID vaccine.

It is totally safe," Chawla was quoted as saying in the statement issued by the hospital.Even at this age, he leads an "active life and does not suffer from any major comorbidities," the hospital.

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