New Delhi [India], January 12 (ANI): Delhi received 2,64,000 doses of coronavirus vaccine "Covishield" on Tuesday, said B L Sherwal, Director Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital from where the vials will be transported to the vaccination centres soon.
Kerala will receive the first consignment of over 4.33 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine to combat COVID-19 on Wednesday from the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, the state government said. The first flight carryingthe vaccine is expected to reach Kochi s Nedumbassery airport at 2 pm on Wednesday and by 6 pm, another set will reach the Thiruvananthapuram airport,sources said. Health authorities have made all arrangements to receive the vaccines and dispatch them to the centres concerned. Of the 4,33,500 lakh vaccine doses, 1,100 would be sent to Mahe, which is an enclave of Puducherry and lies between Kozhikode and Kannur districts, National Health Mission sources told PTI.
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Covid-19 vaccines reach Assam, Meghalaya
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Covid-19 vaccine reaches in two NE states. Image Source: IANS News
Covid-19 vaccine reaches in two NE states. Image Source: IANS News
Covid-19 vaccine reaches in two NE states. Image Source: IANS News
Guwahati/Agartala, Jan 12 : The much-awaited Covid-19 vaccine reached two northeastern states Assam and Meghalaya as the special flights from Pune delivered the doses to 11 other locations across the country on Tuesday.
The first phase of Covid-19 vaccination will start across the country on January 16.
Union Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri tweeted earlier on Tuesday: Today @airindiain, @flyspicejet @goairlinesindia & @IndiGo6E will operate 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow & Chandigarh.
New Covid strain in India: 96 people infected with UK variant of virus
A health worker collects sample from a woman for COVID-19 test at Nerul in Navi Mumbai.
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Ninety-six people in the country have so far contracted the new strain of Covid-19, which was first detected in the United Kingdom in September, the Health Ministry said on Monday. The total number of persons found infected with the mutant UK strain of COVID-19 is 96, the ministry said.
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Six of these cases of the mutant strain - believed to be more infectious - are new, the Health Ministry data shows.