A.P. receives 4.77 lakh COVID vaccine vials
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Ten months after the primary COVID case was reported within the State, the primary batch of Covishield, COVID-19 vaccine permitted for restricted emergency use, was obtained on the Vijayawada airport at Gannavaram on Tuesday.
Over 4.77 lakh vials of the vaccine had been transported to the State by way of non-public plane. Collector A.Md. Imtiaz, Airport Director G. Madhusudhana Rao and different officers obtained the packages on the airport.
The vaccines had been instantly transported to State’s vaccine chilly storage facility with walk-in freezers and walk-in coolers at Gannavaram amid tight police safety.
The vaccines will likely be despatched to 13 districts in 19 insulated vaccine vans that may keep 2 to eight levels Celsius temperature.
In Krishna district, vaccine administration will start on January 16 at 30 session websites and three,000 well being employees can be the recipients, Mr. Imtiaz stated. So far, 36,500 well being employees had registered themselves for vaccination within the first section and within the second section over 50,000 frontline employees together with police, income, municipal and different departments employees can be vaccinated and 18,000 of them had registered, he stated.
In the third section, all individuals aged above 50 years and people with comorbid situations can be vaccinated, Mr. Imtiaz added.
