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Launch of Covid Vaccine

India - Press Information Bureau

Ministry of Health and Family Welfare

Posted On: 05 FEB 2021 6:44PM by PIB Delhi

The COVID-19 vaccination has been rolled out in the country from 16th January 2021 in a phased manner starting with prioritised groups of Health Care Workers and Front Line Workers. The roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine is being done simultaneously across all States and UTs.

The Government has sufficient doses of COVID-19 vaccine available for the on-going phase of COVID-19 vaccination throughout the country.

The existing cold storage facilities under Universal Immunization Programme have been further strengthened and are being used for storing COVID-19 vaccine. The available storage space is sufficient to store COVID-19 vaccines already supplied to States/UTs.

State/UT-wise supply of COVID-19 vaccine as on 1st Feb 2021

S.No. State/UT COVID-19 vaccine Supplied
1 Andaman and Nicobar Island 12,500
2 Andhra Pradesh 10,49,820
3 Arunachal Pradesh 62,000
4 Assam 6,08,160
5 Bihar 11,41,620
6 Chandigarh 48,350
7 Chhattisgarh 6,25,760
8 Dadra and Nagar Haveli 9,500
9 Daman and Diu 4,000
10 Delhi 7,13,400
11 Goa 41,500
12 Gujarat 11,33,400
13 Haryana 6,18,860
14 Himachal Pradesh 1,80,500
15 Jammu & Kashmir 2,68,000
16 Jharkhand 3,71,760
17 Karnataka 17,18,240
18 Kerala 8,31,760
19 Ladakh 21,000
20 Lakshadweep 2,500
21 Madhya Pradesh 10,87,900
22 Maharashtra 19,72,400
23 Manipur 1,02,000
24 Meghalaya 69,000
25 Mizoram 35,000
26 Nagaland 49,500
27 Odisha 9,12,260
28 Puducherry 31,000
29 Punjab 4,38,260
30 Rajasthan 12,66,000
31 Sikkim 26,500
32 Tamil Nadu 12,34,920
33 Telangana 8,85,460
34 Tripura 1,03,000
35 Uttar Pradesh 21,32,280
36 Uttrakhand 2,05,500
37 West Bengal 15,00,960
Total 2,15,14,570

 

The Minister of State (Health and Family Welfare), Sh. Ashwini Kumar Choubey stated this in a written reply in the Lok Sabha here today.

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MV/SJ

(Release ID: 1695594)



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