SII will start stockpiling millions of doses of the Novavax coronavirus vaccine candidate starting around April
Manipur Chief Minister N Biren Singh received the consignment of Covid-19 vaccine 'Covishield' at Bir Tikendrajit International Airport in Imphal on Wednesday
The first batch of Oxford Covishield vaccine containing 2.64 lakh doses reached the Delhi's central storage facility at RGSSH on Tuesday amid high security, officials earlier said
With SII dispatching the Covishield vaccine to 13 cities on Tuesday, the countdown to the vaccination day has begun, and hospitals are getting ready to administer the first shots.
The first consignment of Covidshield vaccine from Pune-based Serum Insititute of India arrived at the Cochin international airport here on Wednesday morning to combat Covid-19, official sources said
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The jabs will be administered beginning January 16
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District-wise cold chain points are ready. A total of 45 vehicles will transport vaccines to health unit districts
The first consignment containing vials of coronavirus vaccine "Covishield" were dispatched from the Pune factory
Security has been stepped up at the Indira Gandhi International Airport from where the first consignment of Covishield vaccines from Pune will be transported to different parts of the city on Tuesday
Four airlines will operate nine flights to transport 56.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccine from Pune to 13 cities across the country on Tuesday, said Civil Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri. Vaccine movement has started, he said on Twitter, adding that first two flights operated by "SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off". "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," he said on Twitter.
Three temperature-controlled trucks rolled out of the Serum Institute gates shortly before 5 am and left for Pune airport
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The AstraZeneca shot, locally branded as Covishield in India, is expected to meet 90% of India's mass immunisation programme needs, an official said
The transportation of Covishield vaccine from the Serum Institute of India's facility in Pune is likely to start from the evening of January 11 or on January 12
According to sources, a contract may be signed between the government and the vaccine makers on Monday, and the first batch of vaccinations will be done using Serum Institute's (SII's) Covishield