Vaccine crunch Covishield stocks over at many CVCs

Kolkata | Thursday | 6th May, 2021

Summary:

Many of the CVCs have already exhausted their stock of Covishield and are now depending on Covaxin. Most of the CVCs in the city and also in the districts are mainly administering the vaccine shot on people seeking the second dose. Some people who took the first dose of Covishield turned up for the second dose of Covishield but they had to return home without taking the jab. The state Health department till Tuesday carried out vaccination of 1,14,06,319 people including health workers, front line workers and elderly people. Around 12,116 people received the first dose on Tuesday while 1,20,012 beneficiaries took the second dose..