India Kicks Off One Of World s Biggest Vaccination Drives India Kicks Off One Of World s Biggest Vaccination Drives The government has designated four main distribution points Karnal, Mumbai, Chennai and Kolkata and there are 37 state vaccine storage areas in the country
Refrigerated trucks, private jets moved out from Pune on Tuesday to nearly 60 locations in India
India has kicked off one of the world s biggest inoculation programs that will be a crucial test of how quickly developing countries, with limited health and transportation infrastructure, can protect their populations against Covid-19.
Refrigerated trucks and private planes, accompanied by police officers, fanned out from Pune on Tuesday to around 60 different locations across India as hundreds of thousands of medical workers are on standby to start vaccinations this weekend.
COVID-19 vaccine distribution on Day 1: 56.5 lakh doses, 4 airlines, 14 cities
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Ahead of the first phase of the Covid-19 vaccination drive scheduled to start from 16 January, vaccine transportation has started from Pune to 13 locations across the country, Union minister Hardeep Singh Puri said on Tuesday.
In a series of tweets, the Minister said 56.5 lakh doses of vaccines are being transported to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh, from Pune. Civil aviation sector launches yet another momentous mission. Vaccine movement starts. First two flights operated by SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off, he tweeted.
A decisive phase in India's fight against coronavirus began in the wee hours on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covishield vaccines left Serum Institute of India for Pune airport, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive launch.
1st consignment of Covishield vaccines leaves Serum Institute
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Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute s gates shortly before 5 am and left for Pune airport, from where the vaccines will be flown across India.
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Vials of Covishield at the Serum Institute of India, Pune.
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Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute s gates shortly before 5 am and left for Pune airport, from where the vaccines will be flown across India. A decisive phase in India s fight against coronavirus began in the wee hours on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covishield vaccines left Serum Institute of India for Pune airport, four days ahead of the nationwide inoculation drive launch.