COVID-19 Vaccine For Our Countrymen In The Next Few Days : Harsh Vardhan COVID-19 Vaccine For Our Countrymen In The Next Few Days : Harsh Vardhan The first to be inoculated will be healthcare professionals and frontline workers, Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said.
The earlier drill of January 2 helped iron out glitches in the programme and refine the procedures.
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First to be inoculated: healthcare professionals and frontline workers
Second drill being held at three-session sites of 736 districts
Chennai:
COVID-19 vaccines could be made available to our countrymen as early as the next few days , Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan said today. The government has, meanwhile, ensured that every detail of the vaccination programme is conveyed to the people, from the national level to the grassroots level, he has said.
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Health workers during the dry run of COVID-19 vaccination, at a health care centre in Kamakshipalya of Bengaluru.
As India gears up to launch the world s largest immunisation drive, almost all states and Union Territory (UT) governments, including the national capital, conducted a dry run on Saturday to assess their ability and readiness to administer Covid-19 shots to hundreds of millions of people, including many in remote corners of the country. The move came day after a government panel recommended for the emergency use approval of the Oxford-AstraZeneca vaccine Covishield and all eyes are on Director Controller General of India (DCGI) for the final nod.
Two-day COVID-19 vaccination dry run to begin in 4 states today - The dry run is a step to prep up for the administration of the COVID-19 vaccine, and to assess the readiness of the planned activities.