INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Bengaluru: Karnataka has actually received three lakh additional Covishield dosages from the Centre, for the 45 plus age, Health Minister K
Sudhakar said on Tuesday.In a tweet, the minister said, Karnataka got 3 lakh doses of Covishield today under the Central quota
Overall Covishield dosages gotten from the Centre is 1.05 crore
Overall Covishield bought directly by the state is 13.54 lakh
According to Sudhakar, the state federal government has actually received 13.1 lakh Covaxin dosages so far.The state government has
actually put an order of 3 crore vaccines comprising two crore Covishield and one crore Covaxin.In addition, the state has actually chosen
to drift an international tender for 2 crore vaccines.There is a severe lack of vaccines in the state which forced the government to suspend
the vaccination drive for 18 to 44 except the frontline employees and a select group of people.In order to fulfill the requirement, the
government welcomed Bharat Biotech to establish its Covaxin manufacturing system at Malur in Kolar
The unit under construction is likely to have 4 to 5 crore doses a month by the end of August
The state has actually set a target to immunize all the eligible groups by the year end.Karnataka is among the states with high COVID
The state on Monday reported 25,311 new infections and 529 fatalities
There are 4.40 lakh active cases in the state.
