The vaccination on wheels initiative was launched by the Kolkata Municipal Corporation on Thursday in cooperation with the Health and Transport departments of the West Bengal government.
Updated Jan 16, 2021 | 10:22 IST
On January 12, the SpiceJet flight that flew in from Pune with 1lakh doses later flew to Guwahati with 2,40,000 doses of vaccine. Kolkata airport now a pivotal centre for Covid vaccine distribution | Photo Credit: AP
Kolkata: The city airport is now a hub of Covid vaccine disbursal. Consignments are being flown from Pune and are later loaded on to flights headed for different cities in the northeast.
On January 12, the SpiceJet flight that flew in from Pune with 1lakh doses later flew to Guwahati with 2, 40,000 doses of vaccine. Of these, 2, 04,000 were meant for Assam. Of the around 10, 00,000 doses that had arrived in the city by the SpiceJet cargo aircraft, almost 7, 00,000 were meant for the health staff in the state.
The decision was taken during a meeting between state health officials and representatives of private hospitals. Private hospitals in Kolkata to provide vaccines in presence of necessary infrastructure | Photo Credit: AP
Kolkata: Private hospitals can now provide Covid vaccine if they have the required infrastructure in place. The state government yesterday announced this.
The decision was taken during a meeting between West Bengal health officials and representatives of private hospitals. Several private hospitals have applied to serve as vaccination sites. N.S. Nigam, health secretary told the media, “We have conveyed that they have to conduct vaccination on their premises for which proper arrangements have to be made.”