1,000 COVID vaccine doses discovered frozen in Assam medical faculty, probe on

Image Source : FILE/PTI 1,000 COVID vaccine doses discovered frozen in Assam medical faculty
As many as 1,000 COVID vaccine doses have been discovered frozen within the vaccine retailer of the Silchar Medical College and Hospital (SMCH) in Assam. Meanwhile, a probe has been ordered to analyse the explanation for the 100 vials of Covishield, containing 1000 doses, being frozen. 

As per the rules of the Pune-based Serum Institute of India, producer of Covishield within the nation, the vaccine must be stored at a temperature between 2-8 levels celsius. Under Assam’s chilly chain system, the vaccines are being transported and stored saved in Ice-Lined Refrigerators (ILRs) as specified by the Universal Immunisation Programme for transporting and storing any vaccines. 

The well being division has issued show-cause discover in opposition to in-charge Dr. PK Roy. 

“Special department was assigned this task. No other such incident has taken place in the state but what happened in Silchar is being probed, and also how 1,000 doses were sent to a centre,” a National Health Mission official mentioned. 

Assam acquired each Covishield and Covaxin. Hyderabad-based Bharat Biotech is producer of India’s first indigenous vaccine Covaxin whereas Covishield was developed by Oxford University and pharmaceutical firm AstraZeneca and manufactured by the Pune-based Serum Institute of India.

 
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