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Consignment of Covid vaccines land at various places amid hope

Consignment of Covid vaccines land at various places amid hope

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Published : Jan 13, 2021, 3:33 PM IST

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Updated : Jan 13, 2021, 9:42 PM IST

21:23 January 13

Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of #COVID19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day. pic.twitter.com/QulSJZ1IlV
— Dr. Pramod Sawant (@DrPramodPSawant) January 13, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of #COVID19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day. pic.twitter.com/QulSJZ1IlV
— Dr. Pramod Sawant (@DrPramodPSawant) January 13, 2021
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Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of #COVID19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day. pic.twitter.com/QulSJZ1IlV
— Dr. Pramod Sawant (@DrPramodPSawant) January 13, 2021

Goa Receives 2350 Vials Of COVID-19 Vaccine Covishield

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday informed that the state received 2350 vials of Covid-19 vaccine 'Covisheild' ahead of the January 16 launch of the nationwide vaccination drive.
"Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of COVID-19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day." Sawant said in a tweet on Wednesday.

21:22 January 13

Uttarakhand receives 1,13,000 doses of Covishield vaccine

Uttarakhand receives 1,13,000 doses of Covishield vaccine

Ahead of the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16, the first batch of 1,13,000 doses of Covishield vaccine from Serum Institute of India (SII) arrived at Dehradun airport on Wednesday.

The Dehradun Airport Director, DK Gautam in a statement said that the vaccine containing 1,13, 000 doses were received by Dr. K S Martolia, Assistant Director, National Health Mission, Uttarakhand.

21:06 January 13

Raipur: Chhattisgarh received the first batch of COVID19 vaccine today.

We've received 23,300 vials of vaccine. The vaccine will be sent to 99 sites incl 6 medical colleges, where vaccination will be held in the first phase, said State Health Minister TS Singh Deo

21:01 January 13

First consignment of Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Jaipur

First consignment of Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Jaipur

Rajasthan: The first consignment of the Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Jaipur

19:53 January 13

First consignment of COVID19 vaccination reaches Jammu. "We'll launch the vaccination drive on Jan 16. This is first time that such an activity will be undertaken for the general mass. Usually, such things are done for paediatric groups," says Director of Health Services, Jammu

19:52 January 13

Full initial procurement amount of 1.65 cr doses of Covishield & Covaxin vaccines allocated to all States/UTs in the proportion of health care workers database. There is no question of discrimination against any State in the allocation of vaccine doses: Ministry of Health

This is the initial lot of supply of vaccine doses and would be continuously replenished in the weeks to come. Therefore, any apprehension being expressed on account of deficient supply is totally baseless and unfounded: Ministry of Health

19:50 January 13

Covid vaccines arrive in Chhattisgarh

Covid vaccines arrive in Chhattisgarh

At least 3.23 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Raipur airport from New Delhi amid tight security arrangements. A team of police officers, medical experts, senior government officials were present at the airport during the arrival of the vaccine.

18:43 January 13

COVID vaccines reach Bhopal for inoculation drive

The first batch of the coronavirus vaccine has reached Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal. The consignment was dispatched to Bhopal via airplane from Pune. As many as 4.5 lakh people would be vaccinated during the first phase.

The vaccination is going to start from January 16. A total of five lakh doses of the vaccine would arrive for the first phase of the vaccination in the state. The first batch of the vaccine containing 94,000 doses has reached Bhopal and has been sent to the Vaccine Division Centre.

18:05 January 13

A day after the arrival of the first consignment of Covishield, Odisha received a supply of another COVID19Vaccine on Wednesday. The state received as many as 20,000 doses of indigenously developed Covaxin.

18:05 January 13

After acquiring Covishield, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) would now receive 20,000 doses of BharatBiotech's COVID19Vaccine from a consignment which landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Wednesday morning, officials told media.

16:55 January 13

First consignment of 56,500 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated.

I would like to thank Shri @narendramodi ji as we gears up for world's biggest vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/EFzYUuLuPb
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) January 13, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
First consignment of 56,500 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated.

I would like to thank Shri @narendramodi ji as we gears up for world's biggest vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/EFzYUuLuPb
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) January 13, 2021
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First consignment of 56,500 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated.

I would like to thank Shri @narendramodi ji as we gears up for world's biggest vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/EFzYUuLuPb
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) January 13, 2021

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines reach Tripura

After Meghalaya and Assam, the first consignment of vaccines reached Tripura on Wednesday morning amid tight security. The first consignment bore 60,000 doses of vaccine with January 16th fixed to be the date of pan-India vaccine launch. Officials said, vaccination would take place at 15 session sites or vaccination points on January 16.

"The first consignment of 60,000 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In the first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated. I would like to thank Shri Narendra Modi ji as we gear up for the world's biggest vaccination drive", Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb tweeted after the arrival of the vaccine

16:50 January 13

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Kochi

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Kochi

The first batch of COVID19 vaccine arrived at Kochi.

"We have received 1.80 lakh doses. We have reserved about 73,000 doses for Ernakulam, rest of the doses will be distributed to Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki, Kottayam," said S Suhas, Ernakulam District Collector

16:25 January 13

Paramilitary forces gear up for COVID-19 vaccine, 25,000 doctors, paramedics to get vaccine in first phase

Paramilitary forces have started gearing up for the highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine drive scheduled to start from January 16.

According to various paramilitary top officials, paramedic staff and doctors will be vaccinated in the first phase followed by all paramilitary staff, which is close to about 10 lakh people.

Around 25,000 total of all paramilitary paramedics and doctors will be vaccinated in the first phase.

16:25 January 13

Transported 3.5 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines to 11 cities on Wednesday: SpiceJet

16:04 January 13

Goa is gearing up to administer the first doses of the COVID19Vaccine, with 23,500 shots arriving in the state on a special flight from Mumbai on Wednesday.

15:58 January 13

We've strength of over 80,000 Delhi Police personnel. 70% data has been uploaded on CoWIN portal, rest will be uploaded today. People over 50 yrs of age will be given priority. They'd receive COVID19 vaccination date, time & centre via SMS: Muktesh Chander, Special CP operations

15:58 January 13

People registered for vaccine will be given free doses: Punjab health minister

People registered for vaccine will be given free doses: Punjab health minister

There are 1 crore 60 lakh health care workers in Punjab. We have received 2.04 lakh doses of the vaccine. All those who register on our portal will be given the vaccine for free: Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu

15:36 January 13

Serum Institute dispatches over 90 per cent vaccines ordered by govt

Serum Institute of India (SII) has dispatched over 90 per cent of the COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, order by the Government of India.

Official sources confirmed to media that about 10.99 million doses have been already dispatched from SII facility in Pune and only around 90,000 doses are left to be dispatched.

Sources have also confirmed that the remaining volume of the vaccines will be dispatched either on Wednesday or Thursday from the SII facility.

15:34 January 13

Rally interrupts transportation of COVID-19 vaccine in Bengal

Rally interrupts transportation of COVID-19 vaccine in Bengal

A vehicle carrying corona vaccines was stopped on national highway due to the rally organised at East Burdwan's Galsi district. TMC leader cum minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury was present in the programme. The programme was organized by Jamiat ulema e hind with the demand of withdrawal of farm laws.

15:34 January 13

COVID vaccine to be airlifted to remote areas of J&K

In a significant move, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to airlift the dose of covid vaccine to remote areas of the Union Territory, which are cut off from rest of the country due to heavy snowfall during the winter.

According to the sources in the administration, the vaccination for COVID19 will be delivered via choppers in the areas cut off due to snowfall, especially the areas of Kishtwar, Bandipora and Kupwara districts.

"The 1.5 lakh Covisheild doses would be delivered to Jammu and Kashmir in the next two days. The vaccines will be delivered directly from Pune to Jammu and Kashmir instead of Haryana and Karnal," sources said, adding that the vaccine will be sent on flights from Pune to New Delhi and from New Delhi to Jammu."

15:34 January 13

Vaccines reach Delhi for Karnal

Vaccines reach Delhi for Karnal

At least 10,000 vials of COVID-19 vaccine have reached Delhi from where they will be transported to Karnal in Haryana. Security has been beefed up and vaccines have reached government hospitals.

15:17 January 13

We have received 5.06 lakh doses of vaccine. We have made 1,200 storage systems at state level. Now the vaccine will go to 8 zillas after the quantity has been decided: Dr Santosh Shukla, State immunisation officer, Madhya Pradesh

15:08 January 13

Covishield arrives at Uttarakhand

The first batch of Covishield vaccine from Serum Institute of India, Pune has arrived at Dehradun airport. 1,13,000 doses of vaccine were received by Dr KS Martolia, Asst Director, National Health Mission, Uttarakhand: Dehradun Airport Director, DK Gautam

15:07 January 13

First batch of corona vaccine doses reaches Kerala

A consignment of nearly 3 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine as part of the first batch arrived in Kerala, officials said.

As many as 2,99,500 doses were flown by GoAir flight to Nedumbassery airport at Kochi, as part of 4,33,500 doses proposed to be sent to Kerala in the first batch. The second consignment of 1,34,000 doses will reach Thiruvananathapuram on Wednesday evening.

15:07 January 13

2nd consignment of Covid vaccine reaches Odisha

A day after the arrival of the first consignment of Covishield, Odisha received a supply of another Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

The state received as many as 20,000 doses of indigenously developed Covaxin.

A special plane carrying Covaxin from Hyderabad arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, an official said.

The vials of Covaxin, manufactured in Hyderabad by Bharat Biotech and Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), were transported to the state vaccine store here amid tight security, he said.

15:06 January 13

Covaxin arrives in Delhi

Covaxin arrives in Delhi

Covid-19 vaccine Covishield manufactured by Pune-based Serum Insititute of India reached Delhi and now the total number of vaccines in the national capital have crossed the 3,00,000 mark. The vaccines will be stored at a temperature ranging from 2 to 8 degree celsius.

15:01 January 13

COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Varanasi airport

COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Varanasi airport

A total of sixteen boxes containing 1.58 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Varanasi Airport via Vistara Airlines. The vaccines will be stored at low temperatures and will be handed over to the state health department.

14:50 January 13

First consignment of Covid vaccines land at various places amid prayers, hope

Hyderabad: The much-awaited moment finally arrived on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine for Telangana reached Hyderabad amid prayers and hopes of an early end to the pandemic.

Priests of various religious faiths offered prayers as the state received 3.64 lakh doses of Oxford-Astrazeneca's Covishield vaccine.

After arrival at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the consignment was shifted to State Vaccine Centre at Koti, where the vials were kept in the storage under the prescribed temperature.

Divine blessings for the success of vaccination were sought as Hindu, Muslim and Christian priests offered prayers when the doses were received by top officials and shifted to the cold storage.

Director Public Health G. Srinivas Rao said both Covishield and Covaxin will be administered to health workers. In addition to 3.64 lakh doses of Covishield received from Serum Institute of India, Pune, the state also received 20,000 doses of Covaxin, developed and manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.

"This is a historic day for mankind as a vaccine is ready in a record time of 10 months," said Rao while thanking researchers and scientists who worked on developing the vaccines.

Bharat Biotech on Wednesday said it successfully air-shipped its COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, to 11 cities across the country on Tuesday. The Hyderabad-based vaccine major said it has donated 16.5 lakh doses to the Government of India.

"After having received the government purchase order for 55 lakh doses, the company shipped the first batch of vaccines (each vial containing 20 doses)," Bharat Biotech said in a statement.

It added that the vaccine have been sent to Ganavaram, Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, Kurukshetra, Bengaluru, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Chennai and Lucknow.
On Wednesday, the company also inked a pact with Precisa Medicamentos, a Brazilian company, to supply the COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the Latin American country.

Covaxin has been developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology.
The Covid-19 vaccine has been developed and manufactured in Hyderabad-based bio-containment facility.

Earlier, this month, India's drugs regulator DCGI approved the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and indigenously-developed Covaxin, for restricted emergency use in the country.

With agency inputs

21:23 January 13

Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of #COVID19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day. pic.twitter.com/QulSJZ1IlV
— Dr. Pramod Sawant (@DrPramodPSawant) January 13, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of #COVID19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day. pic.twitter.com/QulSJZ1IlV
— Dr. Pramod Sawant (@DrPramodPSawant) January 13, 2021
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Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of #COVID19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day. pic.twitter.com/QulSJZ1IlV
— Dr. Pramod Sawant (@DrPramodPSawant) January 13, 2021

Goa Receives 2350 Vials Of COVID-19 Vaccine Covishield

Goa Chief Minister Pramod Sawant on Wednesday informed that the state received 2350 vials of Covid-19 vaccine 'Covisheild' ahead of the January 16 launch of the nationwide vaccination drive.
"Goa has received 2350 vials with 10 doses each, totaling 23500 shots of COVID-19 vaccine, today morning. The vaccines are being stored appropriately by the authorities, and would be distributed to all centres 24 hours prior to vaccination day." Sawant said in a tweet on Wednesday.

21:22 January 13

Uttarakhand receives 1,13,000 doses of Covishield vaccine

Uttarakhand receives 1,13,000 doses of Covishield vaccine

Ahead of the first phase of the COVID-19 vaccination drive from January 16, the first batch of 1,13,000 doses of Covishield vaccine from Serum Institute of India (SII) arrived at Dehradun airport on Wednesday.

The Dehradun Airport Director, DK Gautam in a statement said that the vaccine containing 1,13, 000 doses were received by Dr. K S Martolia, Assistant Director, National Health Mission, Uttarakhand.

21:06 January 13

Raipur: Chhattisgarh received the first batch of COVID19 vaccine today.

We've received 23,300 vials of vaccine. The vaccine will be sent to 99 sites incl 6 medical colleges, where vaccination will be held in the first phase, said State Health Minister TS Singh Deo

21:01 January 13

First consignment of Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Jaipur

First consignment of Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Jaipur

Rajasthan: The first consignment of the Coronavirus vaccine arrives in Jaipur

19:53 January 13

First consignment of COVID19 vaccination reaches Jammu. "We'll launch the vaccination drive on Jan 16. This is first time that such an activity will be undertaken for the general mass. Usually, such things are done for paediatric groups," says Director of Health Services, Jammu

19:52 January 13

Full initial procurement amount of 1.65 cr doses of Covishield & Covaxin vaccines allocated to all States/UTs in the proportion of health care workers database. There is no question of discrimination against any State in the allocation of vaccine doses: Ministry of Health

This is the initial lot of supply of vaccine doses and would be continuously replenished in the weeks to come. Therefore, any apprehension being expressed on account of deficient supply is totally baseless and unfounded: Ministry of Health

19:50 January 13

Covid vaccines arrive in Chhattisgarh

Covid vaccines arrive in Chhattisgarh

At least 3.23 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine arrived at Raipur airport from New Delhi amid tight security arrangements. A team of police officers, medical experts, senior government officials were present at the airport during the arrival of the vaccine.

18:43 January 13

COVID vaccines reach Bhopal for inoculation drive

The first batch of the coronavirus vaccine has reached Madhya Pradesh capital Bhopal. The consignment was dispatched to Bhopal via airplane from Pune. As many as 4.5 lakh people would be vaccinated during the first phase.

The vaccination is going to start from January 16. A total of five lakh doses of the vaccine would arrive for the first phase of the vaccination in the state. The first batch of the vaccine containing 94,000 doses has reached Bhopal and has been sent to the Vaccine Division Centre.

18:05 January 13

A day after the arrival of the first consignment of Covishield, Odisha received a supply of another COVID19Vaccine on Wednesday. The state received as many as 20,000 doses of indigenously developed Covaxin.

18:05 January 13

After acquiring Covishield, Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital (RGSSH) would now receive 20,000 doses of BharatBiotech's COVID19Vaccine from a consignment which landed at the Indira Gandhi International Airport (IGIA) on Wednesday morning, officials told media.

16:55 January 13

First consignment of 56,500 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated.

I would like to thank Shri @narendramodi ji as we gears up for world's biggest vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/EFzYUuLuPb
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) January 13, 2021 " class="align-text-top noRightClick twitterSection" data="
First consignment of 56,500 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated.

I would like to thank Shri @narendramodi ji as we gears up for world's biggest vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/EFzYUuLuPb
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) January 13, 2021
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First consignment of 56,500 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated.

I would like to thank Shri @narendramodi ji as we gears up for world's biggest vaccination drive. pic.twitter.com/EFzYUuLuPb
— Biplab Kumar Deb (@BjpBiplab) January 13, 2021

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines reach Tripura

After Meghalaya and Assam, the first consignment of vaccines reached Tripura on Wednesday morning amid tight security. The first consignment bore 60,000 doses of vaccine with January 16th fixed to be the date of pan-India vaccine launch. Officials said, vaccination would take place at 15 session sites or vaccination points on January 16.

"The first consignment of 60,000 doses Covid vaccine arrives at Maharaja Bir Bikram Airport, Agartala. In the first phase of vaccination, health and frontline warriors will be vaccinated. I would like to thank Shri Narendra Modi ji as we gear up for the world's biggest vaccination drive", Chief Minister Biplab Kumar Deb tweeted after the arrival of the vaccine

16:50 January 13

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Kochi

First batch of COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Kochi

The first batch of COVID19 vaccine arrived at Kochi.

"We have received 1.80 lakh doses. We have reserved about 73,000 doses for Ernakulam, rest of the doses will be distributed to Palakkad, Thrissur, Idukki, Kottayam," said S Suhas, Ernakulam District Collector

16:25 January 13

Paramilitary forces gear up for COVID-19 vaccine, 25,000 doctors, paramedics to get vaccine in first phase

Paramilitary forces have started gearing up for the highly anticipated COVID-19 vaccine drive scheduled to start from January 16.

According to various paramilitary top officials, paramedic staff and doctors will be vaccinated in the first phase followed by all paramilitary staff, which is close to about 10 lakh people.

Around 25,000 total of all paramilitary paramedics and doctors will be vaccinated in the first phase.

16:25 January 13

Transported 3.5 tonnes of COVID-19 vaccines to 11 cities on Wednesday: SpiceJet

16:04 January 13

Goa is gearing up to administer the first doses of the COVID19Vaccine, with 23,500 shots arriving in the state on a special flight from Mumbai on Wednesday.

15:58 January 13

We've strength of over 80,000 Delhi Police personnel. 70% data has been uploaded on CoWIN portal, rest will be uploaded today. People over 50 yrs of age will be given priority. They'd receive COVID19 vaccination date, time & centre via SMS: Muktesh Chander, Special CP operations

15:58 January 13

People registered for vaccine will be given free doses: Punjab health minister

People registered for vaccine will be given free doses: Punjab health minister

There are 1 crore 60 lakh health care workers in Punjab. We have received 2.04 lakh doses of the vaccine. All those who register on our portal will be given the vaccine for free: Punjab Health Minister Balbir Singh Sidhu

15:36 January 13

Serum Institute dispatches over 90 per cent vaccines ordered by govt

Serum Institute of India (SII) has dispatched over 90 per cent of the COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, order by the Government of India.

Official sources confirmed to media that about 10.99 million doses have been already dispatched from SII facility in Pune and only around 90,000 doses are left to be dispatched.

Sources have also confirmed that the remaining volume of the vaccines will be dispatched either on Wednesday or Thursday from the SII facility.

15:34 January 13

Rally interrupts transportation of COVID-19 vaccine in Bengal

Rally interrupts transportation of COVID-19 vaccine in Bengal

A vehicle carrying corona vaccines was stopped on national highway due to the rally organised at East Burdwan's Galsi district. TMC leader cum minister Siddiqullah Chowdhury was present in the programme. The programme was organized by Jamiat ulema e hind with the demand of withdrawal of farm laws.

15:34 January 13

COVID vaccine to be airlifted to remote areas of J&K

In a significant move, the Jammu and Kashmir administration has decided to airlift the dose of covid vaccine to remote areas of the Union Territory, which are cut off from rest of the country due to heavy snowfall during the winter.

According to the sources in the administration, the vaccination for COVID19 will be delivered via choppers in the areas cut off due to snowfall, especially the areas of Kishtwar, Bandipora and Kupwara districts.

"The 1.5 lakh Covisheild doses would be delivered to Jammu and Kashmir in the next two days. The vaccines will be delivered directly from Pune to Jammu and Kashmir instead of Haryana and Karnal," sources said, adding that the vaccine will be sent on flights from Pune to New Delhi and from New Delhi to Jammu."

15:34 January 13

Vaccines reach Delhi for Karnal

Vaccines reach Delhi for Karnal

At least 10,000 vials of COVID-19 vaccine have reached Delhi from where they will be transported to Karnal in Haryana. Security has been beefed up and vaccines have reached government hospitals.

15:17 January 13

We have received 5.06 lakh doses of vaccine. We have made 1,200 storage systems at state level. Now the vaccine will go to 8 zillas after the quantity has been decided: Dr Santosh Shukla, State immunisation officer, Madhya Pradesh

15:08 January 13

Covishield arrives at Uttarakhand

The first batch of Covishield vaccine from Serum Institute of India, Pune has arrived at Dehradun airport. 1,13,000 doses of vaccine were received by Dr KS Martolia, Asst Director, National Health Mission, Uttarakhand: Dehradun Airport Director, DK Gautam

15:07 January 13

First batch of corona vaccine doses reaches Kerala

A consignment of nearly 3 lakh doses of coronavirus vaccine as part of the first batch arrived in Kerala, officials said.

As many as 2,99,500 doses were flown by GoAir flight to Nedumbassery airport at Kochi, as part of 4,33,500 doses proposed to be sent to Kerala in the first batch. The second consignment of 1,34,000 doses will reach Thiruvananathapuram on Wednesday evening.

15:07 January 13

2nd consignment of Covid vaccine reaches Odisha

A day after the arrival of the first consignment of Covishield, Odisha received a supply of another Covid-19 vaccine on Wednesday.

The state received as many as 20,000 doses of indigenously developed Covaxin.

A special plane carrying Covaxin from Hyderabad arrived at the Biju Patnaik International Airport here, an official said.

The vials of Covaxin, manufactured in Hyderabad by Bharat Biotech and Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR), were transported to the state vaccine store here amid tight security, he said.

15:06 January 13

Covaxin arrives in Delhi

Covaxin arrives in Delhi

Covid-19 vaccine Covishield manufactured by Pune-based Serum Insititute of India reached Delhi and now the total number of vaccines in the national capital have crossed the 3,00,000 mark. The vaccines will be stored at a temperature ranging from 2 to 8 degree celsius.

15:01 January 13

COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Varanasi airport

COVID-19 vaccines arrive at Varanasi airport

A total of sixteen boxes containing 1.58 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines arrived at the Varanasi Airport via Vistara Airlines. The vaccines will be stored at low temperatures and will be handed over to the state health department.

14:50 January 13

First consignment of Covid vaccines land at various places amid prayers, hope

Hyderabad: The much-awaited moment finally arrived on Tuesday as the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine for Telangana reached Hyderabad amid prayers and hopes of an early end to the pandemic.

Priests of various religious faiths offered prayers as the state received 3.64 lakh doses of Oxford-Astrazeneca's Covishield vaccine.

After arrival at Rajiv Gandhi International Airport, the consignment was shifted to State Vaccine Centre at Koti, where the vials were kept in the storage under the prescribed temperature.

Divine blessings for the success of vaccination were sought as Hindu, Muslim and Christian priests offered prayers when the doses were received by top officials and shifted to the cold storage.

Director Public Health G. Srinivas Rao said both Covishield and Covaxin will be administered to health workers. In addition to 3.64 lakh doses of Covishield received from Serum Institute of India, Pune, the state also received 20,000 doses of Covaxin, developed and manufactured by Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech.

"This is a historic day for mankind as a vaccine is ready in a record time of 10 months," said Rao while thanking researchers and scientists who worked on developing the vaccines.

Bharat Biotech on Wednesday said it successfully air-shipped its COVID-19 vaccine, Covaxin, to 11 cities across the country on Tuesday. The Hyderabad-based vaccine major said it has donated 16.5 lakh doses to the Government of India.

"After having received the government purchase order for 55 lakh doses, the company shipped the first batch of vaccines (each vial containing 20 doses)," Bharat Biotech said in a statement.

It added that the vaccine have been sent to Ganavaram, Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, Kurukshetra, Bengaluru, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Chennai and Lucknow.
On Wednesday, the company also inked a pact with Precisa Medicamentos, a Brazilian company, to supply the COVID-19 vaccine candidate to the Latin American country.

Covaxin has been developed by Bharat Biotech in collaboration with the Indian Council of Medical Research and the National Institute of Virology.
The Covid-19 vaccine has been developed and manufactured in Hyderabad-based bio-containment facility.

Earlier, this month, India's drugs regulator DCGI approved the Oxford COVID-19 vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India, and indigenously-developed Covaxin, for restricted emergency use in the country.

With agency inputs

Last Updated : Jan 13, 2021, 9:42 PM IST

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