The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday said that it would be ready to roll out coronavirus vaccines within 10 days from the d...
The Ministry of Health and Family Welfare on Tuesday said that it would be ready to roll out coronavirus vaccines within 10 days from the date of emergency-use authorisation, based on feedback from the dry run.
The announcement was made by Health Ministry Secretary Rajesh Bhushan at a press briefing. On January 3, the Drugs Controller General of India gave emergency approval to the coronavirus vaccines developed by the Serum Institute and Bharat Biotech.
Bhushan expressed hope that by July, India would have enough coronavirus vaccine doses to cover 30 crore people in priority groups. He also provided details of the government’s transportation plan for the vaccine.
The secretary said that the vaccines would be transported under refrigerated conditions, PTI reported. He added that they would be digitally monitored in transit.
Bhushan added that manufacturers will transport the vaccines to four Government Medical Stores Depots situated in Mumbai, Kolkata, Chennai and Karnal. From there, the vaccines would be transported in bulk to 37 stores situated across various states for distribution.
“From there on, it is the responsibility either of the state governments or Union Territory administration to deploy the stock further as per their requirement,” Bhushan was quoted as saying by Hindustan Times. “From the state stores, the supplies will be sent...
