The first consignment of 1,39,500 doses of COVID-19 vaccine 'Covishield' manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII) arrived in Mumbai on early Wednesday morning, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation said.
India COVID-19 Vaccine: The consignment was brought was brought to the facility in Mumbai around 5.30 am.
Mumbai:
The first batch of 1.39 lakh doses of the Covishield, the Serum Institute of India s coronavirus vaccine, arrived in Mumbai early this morning from Pune.
The consignment will be delivered across the city at designated vaccination centers for the inoculation drive set to begin on Saturday, Mumbai s civic body BMC (Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation) said in a statement.
The civic body said that the consignment containing 1,39,500 doses of the vaccine was brought from the Serum Institute of India s Pune factory under the security of two police vehicles around 5.30 am. A puja was performed, along with the traditional breaking of coconuts, once the vehicle reached the storage facility in Panvel.
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Last Updated: Jan 13, 2021, 05:56 PM IST
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From Assam to Goa and from Jammu and Kashmir to Kerala, the vaccines were carefully and swiftly transported to far corners of the country, a day after the first consignment of the Covishield vaccine from the Oxford/AstraZeneca stable rolled out of the Serum Institute of India manufacturing facility in Pune.
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New Delhi: India s drive against COVID-19 gathered momentum on Wednesday with planes carrying vaccines flying into airports across the country from where the precious cargo was dispatched to small cities and towns in readiness for the inoculation exercise beginning January 16.
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