A second consignment of 2.65 lakh doses of Kovishield was reached by a flight from Raipur Indigo Airlines. 26,500 vials have arrived in 23 boxes. It has 2.65 lakh doses. Raipur district will get 30 thousand doses i.e. 3 thousand violations in the second batch. 2 lakh 67 thousand have to be vaccinated in the state, but only 16258 have been vaccinated so far. That is, only 6 percent have been vaccinated. In Raipur, 5383 health workers were vaccinated on Wednesday. On the other hand, 1.12 lakh health workers were vaccinated in 20 states and union territories. With this, more than 7.86 lakh health workers have been vaccinated across the country. In the first phase of vaccination in all 28 districts of the state, vaccines are being given to health and front line workers. According to the State Immunization Officer Dr. Amarsingh Thakur, the second phase of vaccination will be done after the first round of 2.67 lakh vaccines.
After the second shipment on Wednesday, the state has received 5.9 lakh vaccines so far. Vaccines will be distributed according to need from the State Vaccine Store in up to 28 districts.
