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GHAZIABAD/NOIDA: The wait for the Covid vaccine is finally over, with Ghaziabad and Noida receiving consignments of Covishield on Thursday for the first round of vaccinations.
A total of 27,410 doses of Covishield arrived in Ghaziabad from Meerut on Thursday afternoon amidst tight security. Officials said the first batch has 2,741 vials of 10 doses each, which are being stored in the main vaccine store at MMG District Hospital under police vigil.
District magistrate Ajay Shankar Pandey and chief medical officer Dr NK Gupta, along with other administrative and health officials, received the vaccine amid clapping and jubilation. The DM made a swastika mark on the ice box in which the vaccine was transported and broke a coconut in front of the vaccine van before the consignment was shifted to the vaccine store located adjacent to the IDSP unit.