Battle against Covid: Assam receives 5 lakh covid doses to fight contagion

Guwahati: Assam received a total of 5 lakh doses of covid vaccines from the Union Ministry of Health and Family to fight the battle against the contagion.

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Taking to Twitter on Friday evening, Assam health minister Himanta Biswa Sarma said: I wish to reassure citizens of Assam that as of now we have adequate stock of Remdesivir Injections. In fact few days ago, we helped Govts of Arunachal Pradesh and Jharkhand with some supply. I am continuously monitoring supply of oxygen and Remdesivir so that we face no shortage

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The minister also told the media in Guwahati, that there is an available stock of vaccines comprising 3.25 lakh doses of Covishield and 2 lakh doses of Covaxin.