How Will the Vaccine be Distributed?
According to the Health Department, vaccine consignments in Bengaluru will be stored at the government facility in Anand Rao Circle, from where vaccines will be distributed to different locations. In the entire process, no private infrastructure will be used for the storage and distribution of the vaccine.
Ten walk-in coolers, four walk-in freezers, 3,201 ice-lined refrigerators (ILRs), 3,039 deep freezers, 3,312 cold boxes, 46,591 vaccine carriers and 2,25,749 ice packs are currently available for the distribution of the vaccine, said the government.
Storage facilities in Bengaluru and Belagavi, located in north and south Karnataka, will act as the main points for distribution in the state. After 6.6 lakh vaccines that arrived in Bengaluru, the second consignment of the vaccines will be sent to Belagavi. The state…