The Health division obtained 2,000 doses of Corbevax, procured instantly from the producer Biological E, on Friday.

From Saturday, the general public can name and place their request for vaccination on the nearest Community Health Centre (CHC), taluk or district hospital.

“For two to three days now, we will see how many people demand vaccination. Based on that, we will start dispatching the doses to health facilities from Monday. Since a vial has 10 doses, we will dispatch them only to health facilities that see some demand,” mentioned Dr Naveen Bhat, State Mission Director, National Health Mission.

The Health division has given approval to acquire extra Covid vaccines at any time when required, he added. “The manufacturer takes only 10-15 days to respond to an indent placed by the department. So if the current stock gets exhausted soon, more would be procured.” 

Meanwhile, the Health division is ready to listen to from the Centre about its plans to acquire shares for Karnataka.