Over 13 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine were dispatched for Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai by flights from Pune on Tuesday, informed Pune airport.
“Pune Airport dispatched 111 boxes containing 13,36,050 doses of the Covishield Vaccine for consignees at Delhi, Bengaluru and Chennai on flights,” tweeted the Pune Airport administration. Extending support to the states and union territories in the battle against the Covid-19 pandemic, the Ministry of Health on Tuesday said an additional 48 lakh vaccine doses will be sent to various places in three days.
More than 75 lakh vaccine doses (75,24,903) are still available with the States/UTs, which are to be administered, the ministry stated.
Meanwhile, the cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 15.89 crore on Tuesday.
Cumulatively, 15,89,32,921 vaccine doses have been administered through 23,35,822 sessions so far, as per the provisional report till 7 am on Tuesday, said the Union Health Ministry.
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