Colossal Covid-19 vaccination drive: A take a look at cities coated in first section

New Delhi: Ahead of the primary section of the nationwide COVID-19 vaccination drive scheduled to start out from January 16. Vaccine transportation has already began from Pune to 13 areas throughout the nation.
The first consignment containing vials of the Covishield vaccine had been dispatched from the Serum Institute of India right here within the early hours of Tuesday. Covishield is among the many two coronavirus vaccines in India which have been given approval for emergency use authorisation.

Earlier at the moment, Amid tight safety, three vehicles carrying the very first consignment of the Oxford-AstraZeneca Covid vaccine left for Pune airport to be flown to 13 areas throughout the nation at the moment.
56.5 lakh vaccine doses transported to those cities:
56.5 lakh doses of vaccines are being transported to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh, from Pune, knowledgeable Union Aviation Minister Hardeep Singh Puri
“Civil aviation sector launches yet another momentous mission. Vaccine movement starts. First two flights operated by SpiceJet and GoAir from Pune to Delhi and Chennai have taken off,” he tweeted.

Today @airindiain @flyspicejet @goairlinesindia & @IndiGo6E will function 9 flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow & Chandigarh.
— Hardeep Singh Puri (@HardeepSPuri) January 12, 2021

“Today Air India, SpiceJet, GoAir and IndiGo will operate nine flights from Pune with 56.5 lakh doses to Delhi, Chennai, Kolkata, Guwahati, Shillong, Ahmedabad, Hyderabad, Vijayawada, Bhubaneswar, Patna, Bengaluru, Lucknow and Chandigarh,” Puri added.
The first consignment of two,76,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccine ‘Covidshield’ arrived in Ahmedabad from Pune. D Patel, Additional Director, Family Welfare, Gujarat Government stated that 2.76 lakh doses of the vaccines shall be given to Ahmedabad, Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar zones. Vaccination will start at 287 session websites from January 16.

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— Newsroom Post (@NewsroomPostCom) January 12, 2021

Vaccination drive to start out on January 16
Prime Minister Narendra Modi had earlier stated round 3 crore healthcare employees and frontline employees shall be vaccinated within the first section of vaccination.  In the second section, these above 50 years and people underneath 50 years with co-morbid situations shall be vaccinated.

Serum Institute of India (SII) has already acquired a purchase order order from the Government of India for 11 million doses of Covishield vaccine, which might be accessible on the worth of Rs 200 per dose, SII officers had stated on Monday