Vaccine arrives in Hyderabad
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COVID-19 vaccine arrives in Hyderabad. A deep freezer van carrying the vials reached State Vaccine Centre in Hyderabad. | Photo Credit:
Nagara Gopal
Over ten months after COVID-19 cases started to break out in Telangana, the Covishield vaccine vials have arrived in Hyderabad on Tuesday (January 12). A deep freezer van loaded with 3.64 lakh vials, manufactured by Serum Institute of India (SII), has reached State Vaccine Centre located in the city.
Cartons filled with the vials were carried into the vaccine centre amidst police security.
The State s Director of Public Health Dr. G. Srinivasa Rao said that Covaxin vials by Bharat Biotech too are expected on Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning.
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COVID vaccines to be given in two doses with a gap of four weeks
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A police vehicle accompanies a container truck carrying COVID-19 vaccine that arrived at the Commissionerate of Health and Family Welfare in Hyderabad on Tuesday. | Photo Credit: Nagara Gopal
COVID vaccines to be given in two doses with a gap of four weeks
Almost ten months after the outbreak of COVID-19 in Telangana, the State government on Tuesday received the first consignment of 3.64 lakh doses of COVID vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII).
The Covishield containers arrived at the RGIA in a freighter aircraft and were transported from there to the State vaccine storage centre in the city in a deep freezer van.