The first consignment of the Covishield vaccine arrived in Manipur on Wednesday.
The Serum Institute of India in Pune has developed the Covishield vaccine.
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The first consignment of the vaccine comprised of 54,000 doses.
Manipur chief minister N Biren Singh took to Twitter to thank Prime Minister Narendra Modi for the Covid-19 vaccine.
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“This day marks a new dawn as we received the first consignment of 54,000 doses Covishield vaccine from SII,Pune. I join the nation in thanking Hon’ble PM Shri. @narendramodi and our brilliant scientists for delivering the Covid vaccine in record time. Vaccination starts on 16 Jan,” N Biren Singh tweeted on Wednesday.
This day marks a new dawn as we received the first consignment of 54,000 doses Covishield vaccine from SII,Pune. I join the nation in thanking Hon’ble PM Shri. @narendramodi and our brilliant scientists for delivering the Covid vaccine in record time.Vaccination starts on 16 Jan. pic.twitter.com/ABK0EdIJwX
— N.Biren Singh (@NBirenSingh) January 13, 2021
On the other hand, the first consignment of Covid-19 vaccines for Assam and Meghalaya arrived in Guwahati on Tuesday evening.
The consignment comprised of 2 lakhs 76 thousand doses for both states.
The mass vaccination campaign against Covid-19 will begin in India on January 16.