new delhi the centre said 5472 lakh covid19 vaccine doses have been received at designated national and statelevel stores till tuesday afternoon and all the shots 11 crore from the serum institute of india and 55 lakh from bharat biotech will be received by january 14a massive panindia inoculation drive against covid19 was set in process with covishield vaccine leaving pune for 13 cities across india early in the morning four days before vaccination is scheduled to begin on january 16apart form the 11 crore doses of covishield being procured from the serum institute of india 55 lakh doses of indigenously developed covaxin were being obtained from bharat biotech union health secretary rajesh bhushan said at a press conferencefiftyfive lakh doses of covaxin are being procured from bharat biotech for 385 lakh doses the price is rs 295 each excluding taxes bharat biotech is providing 165 lakh doses for free which ultimately brings the cost of covaxin down to rs 206 per dose he saidbhushan said there are four central government medical stores depots at chennai karnal kolkata and mumbai where the oxford covid19 vaccine covishield doses are being receivedbesides this all states have at least one regional vaccine store some big states have multiple stores uttar pradesh has nine such stores madhya pradesh and gujarat four each kerala has three such facilities jammu and kashmir karnataka and rajasthan two each he saidas we speak 5472000 doses have already been received till 4 pm at these vaccine stores while 100 per cent doses 11 crore from serum institute and 55 lakh from bharat biotech will be received by january 14 in all states and union territories the health secretary addedniti aayog member dr v k paul covishield and covaxin have been tested on thousands of people they are the safest and there is no risk of any significant side effectbhushan said that zydus cadila russias sputnik v biological e and gennova are the other vaccines which are in advanced stages of clinical trials in indiain the coming days some of these vaccines too may be approaching the drug controller for emergency use authorisation there will be sequential rollout of covid19 vaccinationhealthcare workers will be on the top of priority list followed by frontline workers and prioritized age groups the cost of vaccination for healthcare and frontline workers will be borne by the central government the union health secretary saidgiving a scenario of the price of vaccines available round the world bhushan said each dose of the vaccine developed by pfizerbiontech costs rs 1431 per dose moderna rs 2348 to rs 2715 sinovac rs 1027 novavax rs 1114 sputnik v less than rs 734 and the one developed by johnson and johnson at rs 734all these vaccines except the one developed by pfizer can be stored between two to eight degrees celsius the one developed by pfizer needs to be stored at 70 degrees celsius he addedabout the effectiveness of the vaccines bhushan said those can be observed only