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Karnataka gets first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine ANI | Updated: Jan 12, 2021 15:35 IST
Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], January 12 (ANI): The first consignment of COVID-19 vaccine, Covishield, arrived at Bengaluru from Serum Institute of India on Tuesday, informed an official.
Earlier today, the Health and Medical Education Minister of Karnataka Dr K Sudhakar informed that the state will be getting 7.95 lakh vials of COVID-19 vaccine in the first consignment. The vaccines will be stored in the government storage facility near Anand Rao circle, Sudhakar said. Covishield vaccine has already been approved by the Drugs Control General of India (DCGI). Union government has purchased 1.1 crore dosages of vaccine at a cost of Rs 210 per dose. This is the cheapest COVID-19 vaccine in the world, he said adding that each dose of vaccine contains 0.5 ml and each vial contains 10 dosages of vaccines.
Karnataka received 6.5-lakh doses of Covishield vaccine from Serum Institute of India (SII) at Pune for administering it to 16-lakh frontline warriors across the state, said state Health Minister K. Sudhakar on Tuesday."We have received .