The state has 39,991 health workers and they will be vaccinated in the first batch at 246 vaccination centres, including 138 government centres and 108 private centres. Dry run had also been done in the 246 vaccination centres.
TFM Desk
As India geared up to roll out its Covid-19 immunisation programme on January 16, the first consignment of vaccines arrived at Bir Tikendrajit International Airport in Imphal on Wednesday. Official sources said the consignment contained 5,400 vials of Covishield, the coronavirus vaccine produced by Serum Institute of India.
Each dose is 0.5ml and each vial contains 10 doses to cater to 10 people.
A total of 8,476 health workers will be vaccinated at 10 places including Jawaharlal Nehru Institute of Medical Sciences (JNIMS), Regional Institute of Medical Sciences (RIMS), District Headquarters of Churachandpur, Senapati, Ukhrul, Chandel, Bishnupur, Thoubal and Tamenglong and Shija Hospital and Research Institute on January 16.
The state has 39,991 health workers and they will be vaccinated in the first batch at 246 vaccination centres, including 138 government centres and 108 private centres. Dry run had also been done in the 246 vaccination centres.
The vaccine will be given in two doses. First will be administered on January 16 and second dose will be given after 28 days of the first dose. This vaccine is supposed to generate resistance power to covid.
The Drugs Controller General of India granted emergency use approval for Covishield, and Bharat Biotech’s Covaxin on January 3.
Chief minister N Biren Singh, who received the vaccine at the airport, expressed his gratitude to prime minister Narendra Modi and union health minister Dr Harsh Vardhan for their tireless efforts in timely distributing the vaccine to all over the country and for giving priority to the state considering its geographical location. He added that the vaccines would be distributed to all the district headquarters for vaccination.
Biren also maintained that vaccination would be done on priority basis and systematically as per the guidelines provided by the prime minister. There would be no favouritism and nepotism on vaccination programme, he added.
Hoping that with the arrival of the vaccine, the state government will succeed in its efforts to save the population from COVID-19, he appealed to the public to still strictly comply with Standard Operating Procedures, avoid unnecessary gatherings and take permission from concerned authorities before organizing any social gathering as before until whole population of the State are covered with the vaccination programme.