The vaccine is here . A special aircraft from Pune will carry nine lakh vials of Covishield into the State today, vaccination drive begins from Monday Karnataka is set to receive its first consignment of Covishield, the vaccine against the novel coronavirus, today. Vaccination will begin from Monday, Jan 11 at select centres. Nine lakh vials of Covishield, produced by the Serum Institute of India and developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca, will be sent to the State Vaccination Centres in Bengaluru and Kalaburagi and to Regional Vaccination Stores in Shivamogga, Belagavi and Ballari. Karnataka has facilities to store close to 9.4 lakh vials. From State Vaccination Stores and Regional Vaccination Stores, the vaccination will be further distributed to District, Taluk and booth level centres by road with mobile walk-in freezers.