Covishield, Sputnik likely to be the first COVID vaccines to be available in Kerala

Covishield developed by Oxford University and Sputnik 5 developed by Russia are the COVID vaccines that Kerala is likely to get in the first phase of rollout when they become available for distribution.The health department has told the government that the state doesn’t have the facility to store the Pfizer vaccine,which is being used to vaccinate people in the US and the UK,at minus 70 degree Celsius.