Assam Receives Over 1.88 Lakh Doses Of Covishield Vaccine Today

Assam on Thursday received over 1.88 lakhs doses of Covishield Vaccine, Health Minister Keshab Mahanta stated.

A total of 1,88,540 doses were delivered to the state today.

In the month of July, the state has received a total batch of 4,88,540 Covishield vaccines.

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The state had received a batch of 3,00,000 Covishield vaccine doses on July 8, while, 14,870 doses of Covaxin had been delivered by the centre on the same day.

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We have received 1,88,540 doses of #CovishieldVaccine today. @himantabiswa @nhm_assam

— Keshab Mahanta (@keshab_mahanta) July 15, 2021

According to the Assam government, since June 21, an extensive Covid-19 vaccination drive was being conducted and there would be only one age group, i.e.18+, wherein all are eligible for a free vaccination.

So far, 84,71,094 doses of Covid vaccines, of which, 70,39,487 beneficiaries have been inoculated with the first dose, while, 14,31,607 have received the second dose of the vaccine.

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