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5 registered vaccine stores, 27 district vaccine stores Number of sites where the vaccine shot will be given has been reduced from 74 to 59
723 cold chain points, 3 cold storage facilities of 10,000-tonne capacity each have been arranged at the Guwahati Airport
20,000 health staffs & 10,000 vaccinators to be involved in the vaccination process
Covishield by Serum Institution of India: Approved and Transported Covaxin by Bharat Biotech: Approved and Transported BNT162b2 by Pfizer-BioNTech: Under Trial Moderna Sinopharm Sinovac Biotech Novavax Gamaleya Centre Johnson and Johnson
Covishield: Rs 200 per dose (for first 100 million doses) and thereafter Rs 1,000 per dose at private outlets Covaxin: Rs 206 per dose Pfizer-BioNTech: Rs 1,431per dose Moderna: Rs 2,348 to Rs 2,715 per dose
Sinopharm: less than Rs 5,650 per dose Sinovac Biotech: Rs 1,027 per dose Novavax: Rs 1,114 per dose Gamaleya Centre: less than Rs 734 per dose Johnson and Johnson: Rs 734 per dose
All covid vaccines should be stored between 2-8 degrees Celsius apart from Pfizer, which should be stored at minus 70 degrees Celsius.
30 Crore people in the high risk category to be vaccinated in 6 months. Total of 4,895 sites were identified for the to be administered. Vaccination drive to begin on January 16.
One crore health workers and two crore frontline workers – including the police, civil defence personnel and sanitation workers – will be administered the vaccine. 27 crore people over the age of 50 and those with co-morbidities like diabetes, high blood pressure and liver disease, will also be vaccinated in the first phase.
Effectiveness of the vaccine would begin only after 14 days of receiving the second dose. Both Covishield and Covaxin have to be administered in two doses 28 days apart. The government has purchased 1.10 crore doses of Covishield vaccine from Serum Institute of Idnia. Another 4.50 crore doses will be acquired by April.