Tamil Nadu receives 5,36,500 doses of Covishield vaccine Updated: Updated: January 13, 2021 00:59 IST Consignment arrives ahead of vaccination drive scheduled to be held at 307 places across the State on January 16 Share Article AAA Prep work: Health Secretary J. Radhakrishnan inspecting the vaccine consignment on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: B. Jothi Ramalingam Consignment arrives ahead of vaccination drive scheduled to be held at 307 places across the State on January 16 Tamil Nadu received its first consignment of a COVID-19 vaccine on Tuesday. As many as 5,36,500 doses of Covishield arrived in Chennai from Pune. They are being dispatched to the districts ahead of a vaccination drive scheduled to be held at 307 places across the State on January 16.