States Will Get 165 Million Doses Of Covid Vaccines By Tomorrow
The New Indian Express Chennai|January 13, 2021
The Centre announced that all 165 million doses of Covishield and Covaxin for which it signed purchase orders with Serum Institute of India and Bharat Biotech will reach the states by Thursday, two days before the actual inoculations begin.
States Will Get 165 Million Doses Of Covid Vaccines By Tomorrow

Vaccinations will begin with healthcare workers followed by frontline workers in the first phase. Approximately 1 crore health care workers, approximately 2 crore front line workers and around 27 crore prioritized age groups will be covered in the first phase of vaccination.

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