First consignment of vaccines reaches West Bengal

The first consignment of Covishield vaccines arrived in Kolkata on Tuesday. The Home Department tweeted, “First consignment of 6.89 lakh Covishield vaccines shall be arriving today in our state at 2:30 PM by a special cargo flight of Spicejet at Kolkata airport.” The vaccination in the first phase for frontline medical staff will start from January 16. The State’s Home Department also added that these “vaccines shall be stored at our Central Vaccines Store at Baghbazar and will be then transported to different districts for vaccination of Health Care Workers as per priority”.