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Districts ready to receive, store Covishield vaccine
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Roll-out to begin across the country on January 16
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Roll-out to begin across the country on January 16
The Health Department has made arrangements to receive and store Covishield vaccine, the roll-out of which will begin across the country on January 16.
Coimbatore, one of the 10 Regional Vaccine Stores in Tamil Nadu, will receive 73,200 doses of the vaccine.
The doses will be distributed to District Vaccine Stores in Coimbatore, Erode, Tiruppur and the Nilgiris districts. All the districts have conducted dry runs for the vaccination drive.
Coimbatore district has been allotted 40,600 doses of the vaccine, the highest in the region. The district has 107 cold chain points (CCPs).
The vaccine is here
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A special aircraft from Pune will carry nine lakh vials of Covishield into the State today, vaccination drive begins from Monday
Karnataka is set to receive its first consignment of Covishield, the vaccine against the novel coronavirus, today. Vaccination will begin from Monday, Jan 11 at select centres.
Nine lakh vials of Covishield, produced by the
Serum Institute of India and developed by the University of Oxford and
AstraZeneca, will be sent to the
State Vaccination Centres in
Bengaluru and Kalaburagi and to Regional Vaccination Stores in Shivamogga, Belagavi and Ballari.
Karnataka has facilities to store close to 9.4 lakh vials. From State Vaccination Stores and Regional Vaccination Stores, the vaccination will be further distributed to District, Taluk and booth level centres by road with mobile walk-in freezers.