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48,000 doses of Covishield arrive in Imphal
Source: The Sangai Express
Imphal, January 20 2021:
Even as the 'largest' Nationwide vaccination programme is on in full swing, 48,000 doses of Covid vaccine Covishield reached Imphal today.
The vaccine consignment arrived this afternoon at Bir Tikendrajit International Airport.
The vaccine has been kept at Walk-In Freezer of the Directorate of Family Welfare, an official source said.
It may be noted that this is the second consignment of Covishield vaccine to reach the State.
The State had earlier received 54,000 doses of Covishield on January 13 while the 'largest' Nationwide vaccination programme started on January 16 .
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1443 healthcare workers have been vaccinated till Wednesday against the targeted beneficiaries of 9617 healthcare workers in the first phase.
The Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) had approved Oxford-Astra Zeneca's Covishield (manufactured by the Serum Institute of India) and Bharat Biotech's Covaxin for emergency use on January 3 .
Notably, Covaxin is yet to complete the third clinical trial.
So far, there has been no report of any person having severe side effects of the vaccine in Manipur.
The first phase will conclude on January 25 after which the 2nd phase with other frontline warriors as beneficiaries will commence.
In the 3rd and the 4th phase, persons above 50 years of age and people below 50 years of age with co-morbidities will be vaccinated.
So far, there are no reports of any complaint of side-effects of the vaccine in the State, as Chief Minister N Biren Singh wrote on his Facebook page on Monday.
Ahead of the commencement of the second phase, the State Government will review the programme on January 23 .
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