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Dry run for COVID-19 vaccination across India to begin today ANI | Updated: Jan 02, 2021 07:54 IST
New Delhi [India], January 2 (ANI): With the objective to gear up for the roll-out of COVID-19 vaccine across the country, the dry run will be conducted by all the States and UT governments from Saturday.
According to Union Health Ministry, the objective of the dry run for COVID-19 vaccine introduction is to assess operational feasibility in the use of COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) application in field environment, to test the linkages between planning and implementation and to identify the challenges and guide way forward prior to actual implementation . This is also expected to give confidence to programme managers at various levels, it said.
Meanwhile, Union Health Minister Dr Harsh Vardhan stated that the COVID-19 vaccine will be
The minister told reporters during his visit at the Maternity & Child Welfare (MCW) Centre in Daryaganj while reviewing the dry run of administration of the COVID-19 vaccine.
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The dry run for COVID-19 vaccination commenced in all States and UT governments across the country from Saturday with the objective to gear up for the smooth inoculation of COVID-19 vaccine when it is ready.
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BENGALURU: A total of 375 registered health workers will take part in a two-hour dry run of the Covid-19 vaccination programme in Bengaluru Urban, Mysuru, Belagavi, Kalaburagi and Shivamogga on Saturday. The Karnataka leg of the nationwide exercise, which seeks to check the programme’s systems and preparedness, will begin at 9am, with respective district administrations initiating the process.
Teams will look to complete identity verification and mock administration of the vaccine shot for each person (i.e. a registered health worker) in five minutes. Three vaccination session sites the district hospital, a taluk hospital and a primary health centre have been identified in each of the five districts for the test run. In Bengaluru Urban, the exercise will be carried out at Kamakshipalya urban, Vidyapeetha and Hargade (Anekal) primary health centres.
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