Covid vaccine drive accelerates, doses reach far corners of India
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Updated: Wednesday, January 13, 2021, 22:29 [IST]
New Delhi, Jan 13: The full initial procurement of 1.65 crore doses of COVID-19 vaccines has been allocated to all states and UTs in proportion to their healthcare workers database, the Health Ministry said on Wednesday.
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As the country is set to begin a massive anti-coronavirus inoculation drive from January 16, the ministry said each vaccination session will cater to a maximum of 100 beneficiaries per day and it has advised states not to organise unreasonable numbers of vaccination per site per day . States have been advised to organise vaccination sessions taking into account 10 percent reserve/wastage doses and an average of 100 vaccinations per session each day.
Jan 12, 2021, 13:18 IST
On the directions of the Telangana Chief Minister, Sri K Chandrashekar Rao, Chief Secretary, Sri Somesh Kumar, IAS held a teleconference today with all District Collectors to review the preparations for launch of COVID-19 vaccinations programme.
Chief Secretary sensitised the Collectors about the importance of the programme which in the first phase was going to cover all healthcare workers from government as well as private facilities.
Somesh Kumar directed the Collectors to ensure that necessary arrangements were made at the identified launch sites in their districts as per Operational Guidelines including measures for dealing with any cases of adverse effect following immunization.
Flights have started ferrying the vaccines to different cities from Pune from Tuesday morning. According to the purchase order placed on Monday, each dose of the vaccine has been priced at Rs 200 and with GST of Rs 10, it would cost Rs 210.
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Govt to Buy 4.5 Crore Doses of Covishield Vaccine at Rs 200 Besides Purchase Order of 1.1 Crore Jabs
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The first order of 1.1 crore doses of Covishield will be worth Rs 231 crore, while the total amount, including the commitment for 4.5 crore doses will amount to an estimated Rs 1,176 crore at current rates, sources said.
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The government has committed to buy from the Serum Institute further 4.5 crore doses of Oxford COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, at a price of Rs 200 per shot plus applicable taxes by April, in addition to a firm order given to the company for 1.1 crore doses. Flights have started ferrying the vaccines to different cities from Pune from Tuesday morning.