Covid-19 vaccine update: The initial shipment for Covid-19 vaccines has arrived at Ahmedabad airport on Tuesday. Nitin Patel, the Deputy Chief Minister of Gujarat who also heads the overall health division was present at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport to get the shipment.
Gujarat: The initial consignment of the #COVID19 vaccine arrives at Ahmedabad’s Sardar Vallabhbhai Patel International Airport
Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel present at the airport pic.twitter.com/3y3RP0SxdQ
— ANI (@ANI) January 12, 2021
Patel speaking to IE informed that PM Narendra Modi has intimated that after the immunization of practically 50 to 60 per cent of the healthcare and frontline workers is comprehensive in the initial phases of the vaccination drive, he will conduct a meeting with CMs of all states to access the outcomes and devise a additional program of action. The state overall health minister assured that the Centre will be bearing the costs of vaccinating practically 3 crore frontline workers across the nation as told by Narendra Modi.
The Deputy CM additional speaking about Gujarat’s preparedness in the vaccination drive mentioned practically 25,000 vaccine booths have been ready. On January 16, the PM will speak with physicians and paramedics assigned duties at 287 booths — most of them in Ahmedabad and Rajkot — and launch the vaccination drive. The states also had a video-conferencing with the central ministry of overall health to streamline provide and distribution of vaccine doses.
Meanwhile, the oral polio drive that was anticipated to commence on January 17 has been postponed, a overall health division official informed. Notification on the very same will be released quickly.
To help domestic and international travellers, Neuberg Supratech, a private diagnostic laboratory has opened an RT-PCR testing booth at the Ahmedabad airport. The executive director of Supratech Neuberg Dr Sandip Shah mentioned that the facility will work round-the-clock to provide with Covid-19 test benefits to travellers inside six to eight hours of submitting a sample.
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The Union government has placed an order of 11 million doses with Serum Institute’s Covishield vaccine, every dose costing Rs 210, like GST, reported PTI. The doses will be shipped to 60 consignee points from exactly where they will be distributed to different distribution centres across India.
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