New Delhi: Vaccine maker Bharat Biotech has started the supply of the second consignment containing over 25 lakh doses of 'Covaxin' vaccine to 22 cities across the country, including Delhi and Mumbai on Friday morning as India picks up the pace to vaccinate millions of people.
Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech's Covaxin, along with Serum Institute of India's Covishield vaccine are part of the government's mass vaccination programme against Covid-19, which commenced on January 16.
"Second shipment of Covaxin is being sent to 22 locations. By today evening or Saturday, the transportation will be over," a top source privy to the development said, adding that the first flight to transport the jabs left early Friday morning.
According to the vaccine dispatch details, 25,66,860 doses of the vaccine in 1,28,343 vials will be ferried. Each 10 ml vial contains 20 doses. They are to be flown from Hyderabad to the Government Medical Store Depot of Chennai, Karnal, Kolkata and Mumbai.
India's indigenous vaccine is also slated to go to another place in Gannavaram in Andhra Pradesh, Kurukshetra, Patna, Lucknow, Guwahati, Kolkata Salt Lake, Jaipur, Gandhi Nagar and Bhopal.