1,000 Covid-19 vax doses found frozen in Assam medical college
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Nagaon: A nurse administers Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine to a man at a JE vaccination camp set-up at the Civil Hospital in Nagaon of Assam on March 26, 2015. . Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati/Silchar, Jan 19 : Authorities in Assam are probing how the 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield were found frozen in the vaccine store of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), officials said on Tuesday.
Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli and state National Health Mission Director Lakshmanan S. have separately ordered probes to identify the reason for the 100 vials of Covishield, containing 1,000 doses, being frozen .
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New Delhi: Dhaka will Wednesday receive two million doses of Oxford-AstraZeneca’s Covishield, manufactured in India by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII), as a “gift” from New Delhi as the Narendra Modi government begins to roll out shipments to its immediate neighbours.
In a statement Tuesday, Bangladesh’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs said, “Bangladesh will receive 20 lakh doses of Oxford-Astrazeneca Covid-19 vaccines (Covishield) from India as a gift on 21 January.”
The ruling Awami League party of Bangladesh said in a tweet that the gift is in “addition to the procurement” of 30 million doses from SII. This will be under the deal that Bangladesh’s Beximco Pharmaceuticals signed with SII earlier.
1,000 Covid-19 Vaccine Doses Found Frozen at Assam Medical College, Probe Underway
Authorities in Assam are probing how the 1,000 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine Covishield were found frozen in the vaccine store of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH), officials said on Tuesday.
Cachar Deputy Commissioner Keerthi Jalli and state National Health Mission Director Lakshmanan S have separately ordered probes to identify the reason for the 100 vials of Covishield, containing 1,000 doses, being frozen .
Health officials in Guwahati, however, are not labelling the 100 vials or the 1,000 doses a waste yet as they would get them tested in a laboratory to test the efficacy of the vaccine. According to SMCH officials, the development was noticed on Saturday, the first day of the nationwide vaccination drive. According to the guidelines of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, producer of Covishield in India, the vaccine needs to be kept at a temperature between 2-8 degre