Jeena & Co bags mandate to move Covishield vaccine to private hospitals

August 12, 2021: Jeena Criticare, the pharmaceutical and critical healthcare logistics arm of Jeena & Co., has given the mandate to distribute Serum Institute of India’s Covid-19 vaccine, Covishield, for private hospital supplies, across the country.

The central government told Parliament on July 23, that a total of 135 crore doses of Covid-19 vaccines will be made available in the country between August and December.

Jeena Criticare to date has been instrumental in moving 3000 MT of Covid care equipment that includes oxygen concentrators, RT PCR kits, PPE kits, Hospital beds, medicines & critical care drugs, masks, vaccines and ventilators.

Known for their fastest speed & delivery which are of life-saving importance, they have been able to get import clearance from 24 hrs to 5 hours flat, for COVID Care aid and other healthcare transportations from countries like, South Korea, Germany, USA, Taiwan, China, Italy and also the WHO. With their global logistics support, Jeena has also been a part of India’s export chain enabling healthcare to various countries and also for customers like the WHO.

Cyrus Katgara, partner, Jeena & Co, said, “We are distributing the vaccine shipments which are otherwise time & temperature sensitive, in a record time! 70 percent of the vaccines are delivered pan India within 8 – 12 hours flat. It is important that the nation’s vaccine distribution system is empowered and made robust in these trying times, once again now, when we are staring at an impending third wave. We are happy to associate with Serum Institute of India, the dominant vaccine manufacturer in India and distribute their Covishield vaccines to even the most remote parts of India.”