Stock of Vaccine against Covid19 arrives in Gujarat

Gandhinagar: Stock of 2,76,000 doses of vaccine against Covid19 arrived today in Air India flight from Pune based Serum Institute of India, at Sardar Patel international airport. A refrigerated van full of vaccine was flagged off by Deputy Chief Minister, MoS Home, Health Secretary and others for Gandhinagar and Ahmedabad Central Storage Depot based cold facilities where vaccines will be kept safely. First phase of vaccination will start from January 16 at 287 booths across the State.

Covishield Rush Vaccines (Recombinant) for ChAd)x1 nCov 19 Coronav Virus are needed to be stored between temperature of +2 c to 8 c. Regional Deputy Directors of Health department at different regional places will be sent these vaccines in phased manner. A label on vaccine boxes could be read as ‘Sarve Santu Nirayama, may all be free from disease.’

A van carrying vaccination doses was given police piloting and escorting.

The boxes of Covid19 were received with puja ceremony, using kanku-chokha and coconut.

According to union Civil Aviation minister, Air India, Spice Jet, Go Air and Indigo airlines are operating 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses of Covid19 vaccine to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh today.

Covid-19 vaccines from Pune based Serum Institute of India welcomed at SVPI airport in Gujarat with puja ceremony using kanku, chokha and nariyel by Health minister Nitin Patel. The boxes are labeled with a Sanskrit line 'Sarve Santu Niramayaha' (May all be free from disease). pic.twitter.com/14htolzXSc

— DeshGujarat (@DeshGujarat) January 12, 2021

Civil aviation sector launches yet another momentous mission.

Vaccine movement starts.

First two flights operated by @flyspicejet & @goairlinesindia from Pune to Delhi & Chennai have taken off. pic.twitter.com/uo11S4OvqK

— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) January 12, 2021

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