States »SoutPosted at: May 25 2021 4:52PM

Covid-19: Karnataka receives 3 lakh Covishield doses from Centre

Bengaluru, May 25 (UNI) Karnataka Minister for Health and Medical Education Dr K Sudhakar has said that the State has received 3 lakh Covishield doses from the Centre on Tuesday.
In a tweet, the Minister said that "Karnataka received 3 lakh doses of Covishield today under the Central quota. Total Covishield doses received from the Centre is 1.05 crore. Total Covishield purchased directly by the state is 13.54 lakh."
The State government has received 13.1 lakh Covaxin doses so far. The State government has placed an order of 3 crore vaccines comprising two crore Covishield and one crore Covexin.
In addition, the state has decided to float a global tender for two crore vaccines. There is an acute shortage of vaccines in the state which forced the government to suspend the vaccination drive for 18 to 44 except the frontline workers and a select group of people.
In order to meet the requirement, the government invited Bharat Biotech to set up its Covaxin manufacturing unit at Malur in Kolar. The unit under construction will have four to five crore doses a month by the end of August.
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