Bharat Biotech has announced the successful air-shipment of COVAXIN to 11 cities in country in the early hours of Wednesday. Bharat Biotech has also donated 16.5 Lakh doses to the Government of India.

The company also expressed deepest gratitude to the nation, all the clinical trial volunteers, and its partners for making this a successful and milestone public-private partnership for the development of India’s first COVID19- vaccine.

After having received the government purchase order for 55 lakh doses, Bharat Biotech shipped the first batch of vaccines to Ganavaram, Guwahati, Patna, Delhi, Kurukshetra, Bangalore, Pune, Bhubaneswar, Jaipur, Chennai and Lucknow. While some shipments have arrived in the respective cities, others will be delivered later Wednesday evening.