Covid Vaccine: The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker will launch 14 shipments from its factory today.
Hyderabad:
The first batches of Covaxin, Bharat Biotech’s coronavirus vaccine, left Hyderabad early this morning for Delhi and 10 other cities, a day after the Serum Institute of India launched its COVID-19 vaccine ahead of the campaign. nationwide inoculation on Saturday, according to authorities. it will be the ‘largest in the world’.
The first shipment, which allegedly included three boxes weighing 80.5 kg, was moved to Delhi by Air India.
“The first shipment of vaccines from Bharat Biotech is being transported by Air India on AI 559 from Hyderabad to Delhi on Wednesday at 0640 hours,” an official said according to the ANI news agency.
In addition to Delhi, the vaccines are shipped to Bengaluru, Chennai, Patna, Jaipur and Lucknow, authorities said.
The Hyderabad-based vaccine maker will launch 14 shipments from its factory today, they added.
According to the Ministry of Health, 55 lakh doses of Covaxin and 1.1 crore of Covishield are being purchased, produced by the Serum Institute. Both vaccines have been approved by the country’s drug regulator for emergency restricted use earlier this month.
Bharat Biotech is charging ₹ 295 per dose for 38.5 lakh of doses. The company, which has partnered with the Indian Council for Medical Research for the vaccine, will give Rs 16.5 lakhs of doses to the center at no cost.
The center has received 54.72,000 doses of coronavirus vaccines so far, the Union Health Ministry said Tuesday. “100 percent doses will be received by January 14 in all states / UT,” he added.
Both Covishield and Covaxin are two-dose vaccines, which should be given 28 days apart.
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