The Arunachal Pradesh government on Thursday received a batch of 16,930 doses of Covid-19 vaccines from the Centre.

The vaccines arrived at the Lilabari Airport in Assam‘s North Lakhimpur.

Arunachal Pradesh chief minister Pema Khandu took to Twitter to thank the central government for its assistance to fight the raging Covid-19 pandemic.

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Meanwhile, 245 people have tested positive for Covid-19 in the state on Thursday.

The virus has claimed five more lives, taking the total death toll to 138.

The state at present has 3,454 active cases.