Covid Vaccine Rollout: States across India receive first consignments of Covishield
India
Updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 11:23 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 12: Ahead of nationwide mega vaccine rollout from January 16, India s first consignment of Covid vaccine Covidshield was transported from Pune to 13 locations across the country on Tuesday.
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The first 100 million doses of the vaccine has been provided to the government at the cost of Rs 200 per dose.
On January 3, Covishield, along with Bharat Biotech s Covaxin, were approved for restricted emergency use by the Drugs Controller General of India (DGCI).
Delhi
The first consignment of Covishield vaccines reached Delhi from Pune on Tuesday, four days ahead of the launch of a nationwide drive against the coronavirus
Kerala will receive the first consignment of over 4.33 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine to combat COVID-19 on Wednesday from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, the state government said. The first flight carryingthe vaccine is expected to reach Kochi s Nedumbassery airport at 2 pm on Wednesday and by 6 pm, another set will reach the Thiruvananthapuram airport,sources said. Health authorities have made all arrangements to receive the vaccines and dispatch them to the centres concerned. Of the 4,33,500 lakh vaccine doses, 1,100 would be sent to Mahe, which is an enclave of Puducherry and lies between Kozhikode and Kannur districts, National Health Mission sources told PTI.