What will it take to vaccinate India against Covid-19?
Nothing of this scale has been attempted before. A mock drll for Covid-19 vaccine delivery in Chennai on January 2. | Arun Sankar/AFP
India’s Covid-19 vaccination drive will roll out next week. The government is aiming to vaccinate 300 million people – a quarter of the country’s population – by the end of the summer. The two approved vaccines in India’s arsenal need to be administered in two doses, which means 600 million shots will have to be delivered in the next six months.
That’s more than 20 times the number of pregnant women and children vaccinated as part of India’s universal immunisation program.
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Two-hour-long drill conducted at three centres in Ernakulam
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The dry run for COVID-19 vaccination at Kinder Hospital in Kochi on Friday. | Photo Credit: Thulasi Kakkat
Two-hour-long drill conducted at three centres in Ernakulam
A dry run in anticipation of administering the vaccine for COVID-19 went off without a hitch at three centres in the district, health officials said.
The dry run was conducted at the Chengamanad community health centre, Angamaly taluk hospital, and Kinder Hospital. At each centre, 25 heath care workers, who have registered on the CoWIN (COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network) platform were part of the two-hour long dry run.
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January 08, 2021 14:35 IST
The Union Health Minister was in Chennai on Friday to review the State’s COVID-19 vaccine dry run
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Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan with TN health Minister C. Vijayabaskar at a COVID-19 vaccination dry run at Apollo Hospital in Chennai on Friday | Photo Credit:
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The Union Health Minister was in Chennai on Friday to review the State’s COVID-19 vaccine dry run
The electronic vaccine intelligence network (eVIN), now converted into a CoWIN platform, is now tracking details of potential beneficiaries for the COVID-19 vaccine, the place where he/she is likely to get the vaccination, pre and post-vaccination including issuing an electronic certificate, following up for the second dose through detailed text messages and reminders, according to Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan.
As part of nationwide COVID-19 vaccination dry run on Friday, Indore will also hold the mock drill and it will be conducted at four centres. COVID Nodal Officer Dr Amit Malakar said that the mock drill will be conducted at four centres in Indore and for 25 people each. These dry runs will be conducted between 9 am and 11 am at four centres in Indore. They will be monitored for 30 minutes by health officials. Officials from our partner agencies like World Health Organisation and United Nations Development Programme will also be present, Malakar told ANI. A dry run for COVID-19 vaccination was conducted by all state and union territory administrations January 2.
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A mock exercise of beneficiary ‘developing adverse effects after vaccination’ held
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Dean J. Sangumani oversees dry run for COVID-19 vaccination held in Government Rajaji Hospital in Madurai on Friday. | Photo Credit:
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A mock exercise of beneficiary ‘developing adverse effects after vaccination’ held
A dry run for COVID-19 vaccination was completed at five centres in Madurai district on Friday to assess preparedness and identify areas of problems ahead of the actual vaccination exercise.
Initially, a dry run was completed at 17 sites in five districts of the State on January 2 and a second dry run was conducted in all the districts on Friday. A total of 25 beneficiaries took part in each of the five centres in the district - Government Rajaji Hospital (GRH), Melur Government Hospital, Kovil Pappakudi Primary Health Centre, K. Pudur Urban Primary Health Centre and Apollo Hospital.