GUWAHATI: The LGBI airport here will be the nodal point for the distribution of the novel coronavirus vaccine to the entire northeast region, sources at the Airports Authority of India (AAI) said on Monday. The cargo wing of AAI will receive the first consignment from Pune.
An official at AAI said it may take a couple of days for the consignment to reach Guwahati, which has a capacity to stock around 80 metric tons of vaccine doses. “The tentative date for the arrival has not been confirmed,” he said, adding that various locations in the northeast and pick-up points at the airport have been identified for the transportation of the doses via road or air.
GUWAHATI: The Covid vaccination process at Gauhati Medical College Hospital (GMCH) and Nagaon Civil Hospital (NCH) will be streamed live for monitoring from New Delhi, officials said on Sunday as Assam geared up for the rollout of the process.
Sources in the state health department said during the video conference to be chaired by Prime Minister Narendra Modi with chief ministers on Monday, the two vaccination venues GMCH and NCH will stay connected online. Health officials from the two sites from Assam, selected among the 74 vaccination sites in the first phase, will also attend the video conference, along with chief minister Sarbananda Sonowal.