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Maharashtra Receives Over 1 Million Doses of Covishield Amid Acute Shortage and Falling Turnout: Report

E-News | 10/05/2021 11:57 AM | Click to read full article

In much-needed good news for Maharashtra, a total of 10,53,000 doses of Covishield vaccines, of which 350,000 were purchased from the Serum Institute of India for vaccination of 18-44 category were received by the state on Sunday.

In a letter to the Centre on Saturday, principal secretary of the state health department, Dr Pradeep Vyas, sought urgent supply of Covaxin as more than 500,000 people, in the above 45 age group, are due for their second dose.

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