Karnal’s Central Govt store gets 4 lakh doses

Tribune News Service

Karnal, January 12

The city’s Government Medical Store Depot (GMSD) in Nehru Place market, which is among the four Central GMSDs of the country with Mumbai, Chennai, and Kolkata being the other three, has received the first consignment of 4 lakh doses of Covid vaccine Covishield, manufactured by the Serum Institute of India. These doses were brought from Delhi in a container and have been kept at the GMSD.

However, the authorities are yet to receive any release order, but, as per sources, these doses are for Haryana and other states of North India.Confirming the arrival, Nishant Kumar Yadav, Deputy Commissioner, said the GMSD had received the first consignment of 4 lakh Covid-19 vaccine Covishield. It has been stored at the required temperature in the GMSD. “The GMSD authorities have not received any release order, but we are expecting it tomorrow,” he said.