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States » SouthPosted at: Jan 12 2021 5:36PM


First consignment of 6.47 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccine arrive in K'taka

Bengaluru, Jan 12 (UNI) The first consignment of 6.47 lakh doses of Covid-19 vaccines arrived here on Tuesday to which Karnataka government said it was committed to transparently conducting the vaccination drive.
Official sources said that the flight carrying the Covishield vaccines landed at the Kempegowda International Airport here.
Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar said 6,47,500 doses of vaccine arrived in Bengaluru and the next consignment will arrive at Belagavi tomorrow.
"The state government will conduct the vaccination drive- whether it is storage, supply or administering as per guidelines- in a transparent way, as directed by Chief Minister BS Yediyurappa," Dr Sudhakar added.
Covid-19 vaccination drive will start on January 16, and about 16 lakh frontline workers in the State will be administered a vaccine in the first phase at 235 sites.
Noting that the Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) has given approval to Covishield and the Centre has purchased 1.1 crore doses, Dr Sudhakar claimed that there was no other country in the world that has fixed the price of the vaccine at such low. "It has been procured at Rs 210 per dose including GST from the Serum Institute, Pune. The total cost is Rs 231 crore," he added.
The central government will be vaccinating about 3 crore people in the country in the first phase for free of cost.
If there are any side effects it will be recorded. Details of every person who takes a vaccine will be recorded, after getting the vaccine shot the person will have to be in the observation room. If there is any side effect, there will be facilities to immediately treat them," the Minister said and added that the vaccine has been safe during clinical trials.
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