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Before Second Nationwide Dry Run of Vaccination, Covishield Shots Reach Delhi from Pune
Vials with a sticker reading, COVID-19 / Coronavirus vaccine / Injection only and a medical syringe are seen in front of an AstraZeneca logo. (REUTERS/Dado Ruvic/Illustration/File Photo)
Flight no AI-850 from Pune to Delhi will carry the first the consignment of the vaccines to the national capital, an official said.
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The first consignment of Covid-19 vaccine Covishield will land in Delhi at 9pm on Thursday. This comes a day ahead of second nationwide mock drill on the coronavirus vaccination scheduled to be held on January 8.
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The vaccine, developed with the University of Oxford, is made from a virus which is a weakened version of a common cold virus (adenovirus), that has been genetically changed so that it is impossible for it to grow in humans.
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New Delhi | Mumbai: The South African government has signed up a deal with Serum Institute of India to supply 1.5 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines to the country, even as Indian government remains silent on the purchase contract.
In the first tranche of the order Serum will supply one million doses in January and reminder doses in February, the statement from Zwelini Mkhize, minister of health, South Africa said.
Covishield, Covaxin to be available very soon in India: Health Minister Harsh Vardhan
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Ahead of the Covid-19 vaccine dry run on 8 January, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan met the health ministers of states and Union Territories at 12.30 on Thursday.
Guiding the state health ministers on conducting the dry run, Harsh Vardhan said, Feedback on the dry run of Covid vaccine in four states was reviewed. We have made improvements based on the feedback. Tomorrow dry run will be done in 33 states and Union Territories.
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Dr A K Abdul Momen said that the first consignment of the vaccine co-manufactured by India's Serum Institute is expected to reach Bangladesh towards the end of January.