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J&K expects first batch of COVID-19 vaccine today

Srinagar
January 11, 2021

J&K is expecting to receive 2.5 lakh doses of COVID-19 vaccines on Monday. The first batch will be administered to the healthcare workers here. The drive for administering the vaccine will start at Srinagar and Jammu on 16 January.

Financial Commissioner (FC) Health and Medical Education, Atal Dulloo said the department has done the ground work and mock drills have been completed successfully. �We are awaiting our first batch now to start vaccination in line with the nationwide drive planned on 16 January,� he said.

The FC said that 2.5 lakh doses of the vaccine were arriving to cater to 1 lakh healthcare workers, whose database had already been prepared and shared with the Union health ministry. Two doses of vaccine would be administered to each recipient at an interval of 28 days.

He said that it had been �indicated� that COVISHIELD manufactured by Serum Institute of India for Astra-Zeneca will be sent for the first vaccination drive here. State Immunization Officer, Dr. Qazi Haroon said that the vaccines were �on the way� and would reach the central storage site here tomorrow.