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20,000 doses of Covaxin stored at Rajiv Gandhi hospital amid tight security

The first batch of Oxford Covishield vaccine containing 2.64 lakh doses reached the Delhi's central storage facility at RGSSH on Tuesday amid high security, officials earlier said

Coronavirus, vaccine, covid, drugs, clinical trials
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At RGSSH, a three-layer security cover guards the stored vaccine, with about 15 new CCTV cameras recently installed to keep a round-the-clock eye on the facility

Press Trust of India New Delhi
Twenty thousand doses of the Covid-19 vaccine made by Bharat Biotech have been stored at the Rajiv Gandhi Super Speciality Hospital in Delhi, ahead of the vaccination rollout on January 16, officials said on Wednesday.
 
The first batch of Oxford Covishield vaccine containing 264,000 doses reached the Delhi's central storage facility at RGSSH on Tuesday amid high security, officials earlier said.
 
"We also received 20,000 doses of Bharat Biotech-made Covaxin yesterday. Both the vaccines are stored in the ground floor of the utility building on our premises, earmarked for the central storage in temperate-controlled environment," a senior official said.
 
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