Tamil Nadu receives 5,36,500 doses of Covishield vaccine
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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
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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.
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