Covid vaccine rollout begins: Doses, effectiveness, side effects – Here’s what Health Ministry said

A massive pan-India inoculation drive against COVID-19 will begin on January 16. On Tuesday, the process was set in process with the Pune-based Serum Institute of India (SII) dispatching over 56 lakh doses of the Covishield vaccine to 13 cities in India. The government has agreed to procure 110 lakh Covishield vaccine doses from Serum Institute at Rs 200/dose and 55 lakh doses of Covaxin from Bharat Biotech, of which 38.5 lakh doses are priced at Rs 295/dose, Union Health Secretary Rajesh Bhushan said at a presser on Tuesday.