Assam Govt Announces Free COVID-19 Vaccine To All Above 18 Years In State, Orders 1 Crore Doses Of Covaxin

<p>The Assam Government has ordered 1 crore doses of Covanxin from Bharat Biotech. On Tuesday, it was announced the Assam government will provide free Covid-19 vaccination for everybody between the age group of 18 to 45 years in the state.</p> <p>Through a tweet, Himanta Biswa Sarma shared the letter sent to Bharat Biotech by the Assam government to order for the vaccines. The tweet read, &ldquo;Funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi last year shall be utilized for procurement of vaccines. Today itself, we&rsquo;ve placed orders for 1 cr doses with @BharatBiotech".</p> <p><strong>ALSO READ | <a href="https://ift.tt/3dAUktm Neutralises Corona Mutant: ICMR Study Shows Covid Vaccine Effective Against Multiple Variants</a></strong></p> <p>&lt;blockquote class="twitter-tweet"&gt;&lt;p lang="en" dir="ltr"&gt;Assam will give FREE vaccines to everyone from 18-45 years. GOI is giving free vaccines for 45 +. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Funds collected in Assam Arogya Nidhi last year shall be utilized for procurement of vaccines. &lt;br&gt;&lt;br&gt;Today itself, we&rsquo;ve placed orders for 1 cr doses with &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/BharatBiotech?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@BharatBiotech&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;a href="https://twitter.com/PMOIndia?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;@PMOIndia&lt;/a&gt; &lt;a href="https://t.co/U6hutOEOhg"&gt;pic.twitter.com/U6hutOEOhg&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&amp;mdash; Himanta Biswa Sarma (@himantabiswa) &lt;a href="https://twitter.com/himantabiswa/status/1384549097617510402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw"&gt;April 20, 2021&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/blockquote&gt; &lt;script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"&gt;&lt;/script&gt;</p> <p>The state health department reported the surge in Covid cases. There were 67,151 tested samples for Covid-19 on Tuesday.</p> <p>With 1300 new coronavirus cases recorded on Monday, the state has issued fresh guidelines till April 30. That includes shutting of non-essential activities at 6 pm, restricting the number of guests at a private function and encouraging adoption of work from home.</p> <p>Amid reports of shortage in vaccines in the state, Sarma on Friday tweeted, &ldquo;As of now, we have the following stocks: 1.Covishield ~ 3.25 lakh dose 2.Covaxin ~ 2 lakh dose Another batch of about one lakh Covaxin dose will arrive in a day or two. I request everyone eligible to please go in for your vaccination.&rdquo;</p> <p>The health ministry&rsquo;s reported that Assam has vaccinated 15,55,461 people so far out of which 2,77,594 have had their second dose while 12,77,867 have been given first dose.&nbsp;</p> <p>The cumulative number of Covid-19 vaccine doses administered in the country has crossed 11.72 crore on Friday as part of the world&rsquo;s largest vaccination drive.</p>

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