In a symbolic handover, the on Monday received the first tranche of the cold chain equipment (CCE) procured by UNICEF as part of the Government of Japan assistance to the Covid-19 vaccination drive across India. The first tranche comprises around 20,000 vaccine carriers.
Health minister Mangal Pandey received these vaccine carriers from UNICEF India deputy representative Yasumasa Kimura. The state government is committed to fighting Covid-19 and making all efforts to meet the target of six crore vaccination in six months. The CCE will augment the states vaccination capacity, Pandey said.
Bihargovernment will receive one lakh freeze-free vaccine carriers, two walk-in coolers, three walk-in freezers, 20 cold chain equipment repair and maintenance toolkits and 2100 freeze tags (a vaccine-freeze prevention monitoring device) as part of the overall US$9.3 million assistance announced by the Government of Japan to support Indias response toCovidpandemic.