Covid vaccination drive begins at 77 places in Haryana

Chandigarh, Jan 16 : Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Saturday said that the Covid-19 vaccination drive began at 77 places across the state.
Khattar said that the two vaccines — Covishield of the Serum Institute of India (SII) and Covaxin of India Biotech – were authorized for emergency use in the state.
Haryana has received the first supply of more than 2.4 lakh doses of Covishield vaccine and 20,000 Covaxin doses.
Additional Chief Secretary (Health) Rajeev Arora said that healthcare worker Saroj Bala was the first person in the state to receive the vaccine jab at a government dispensary in Sector 4 of Panchkula.
Interacting with the vaccination beneficiaries, the Chief Minister said the population has been prioritised in view of the high demand of vaccines initially.
He said the state has adequate cold chain space to store the vaccine. A state-level vaccine store has been set up in Kurukshetra. Apart from this, four regional stores have been set up in Hisar, Rohtak, Kurukshetra and Gurugram.