The Indian Olympic Association (IOA) president Narinder Batra received his first dose of corona vaccine on Thursday in New Delhi. Batra and his family took Covisheild Vaccine developed by the Serum Institute of India (SII).

 Batra informed that he will take the second dose of the vaccine after four weeks. In a statement Batra said, "My Family (My Wife Chetna, my Brother Hemant and his wife Radhika and my Brother in law Jayant Nanda) and I took COVID-19 vaccination on January 28, 2021 in Batra Hospital New Delhi." He further added, "We all took Covisheild Vaccine developed by SII in partnership with Oxford University and British -- Swedish Pharma firm AstraZeneca. By God's grace, all 5 of us are doing perfectly well and we will now take the 2nd dose after 4 weeks and as informed our body will develop antibodies in 6 weeks from January 28."

The Tokyo Olympics is scheduled to be held from July 23 to August 8, 2021, while the Paralympics will take place from August 24 to September 5, 2021.

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