Doses of COVID-19 likely to reach Kashmir today or tomorrow:- Officials 

AAQIB BHAT

Srinigar Jan 11 (PTK):Jammu and Kashmir to receive 2.5 lakh doses of COVID 19 vaccines on today or tomorrow and ist doses will be given to health care workers, officials said on Monday.

In coming two days we will get our ist batch of Covid-19 vaccines and vaccination will be started on 16th January along with whole country for which department has already done ground work and mock drills, they said.

State immunisation officer, Dr Qazi Haroon said that they were expecting 2.5 lakh vaccines today, however, as traffic has been suspended on National Highway so it may be take one day more in reaching here.

He said that more vaccines would arrive in coming weeks which would be used to vaccinate after this lot.

It is pertinent to mention here that the first phase of the drive will cover 30 crore people in India. (PTK)