Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa congratulated PM Modi on Saturday for the vaccine launch. Now, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday thanked his Sri Lankan counterpart Mahinda Rajapaksa for appreciation on launching the world's largest corona vaccination drive.

PM Modi took to Twitter and wrote, "Thank you @PresRajapaksa. The tireless efforts of our scientists and frontline workers have played a crucial role in the fight against this pandemic. The fast development of vaccine and its launch is an important landmark in our joint endeavour for a healthy and disease-free world."

The vaccine shots of Covishield and Covaxin vaccines were administered at various medical centres all across India on Saturday. Earlier, Rajapaksa had congratulated Indian PM Modi on Saturday for the vaccine launch. "Congratulations PM @narendramodi and the Government of India on taking this very important step with this massive #COVID19Vaccination drive. We are starting to see the beginning of the end to this devastating pandemic. @IndiainSL," tweeted Rajapaksa.

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