Thousand doses of Covishield vaccine found ‘frozen’ in Assam’s Silchar, probe ordered

Around 100 vials which cumulatively contained 1,000 doses of Covishield, the anti-COVID-19 vaccine developed by Serum Institute of India, were found in a frozen state. The frozen vials at SMCH were allegedly stored at sub-zero temperature. After the incident was reported, the State’s Health Department ordered an investigation into the matter and sent the frozen vaccine doses to a lab to ascertain their efficacy.