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This is how the Centre planned the COVID-19 inoculation drive in India.
The government had already announced that the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered first to healthcare workers.
In a major development, the Centre has issued guidelines to all states and union territories for the COVID-19 inoculation drive in anticipation of a coronavirus vaccine against the disease in India.
The government had already announced that the COVID-19 vaccine will be offered first to healthcare workers, frontline workers and to persons above 50 years of age.
This will be followed by persons younger than 50 years of age with associated comorbidities based on the evolving COVID-19 pandemic situation, and finally to the remaining population based on the disease epidemiology and vaccine availability.
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100-200 People to be Vaccinated in Each Session per day : Govt Issues Guidelines for Covid-19 Vaccination Drive
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Centre Issues Guidelines For COVID-19 Vaccination Drive Centre Issues Guidelines For COVID-19 Vaccination Drive According to the guidelines issued to states recently, the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) system will be used to track enlisted beneficiaries for the vaccination.
The COVID-19 vaccine will be offered first to healthcare workers (Representational)
New Delhi:
Vaccinating 100-200 people in each session per day, monitoring them for 30 minutes after administering the shots for any adverse event and allowing only one beneficiary at a time are among the guidelines issued by the Centre for the COVID-19 inoculation drive.
According to the guidelines issued to states recently, the COVID Vaccine Intelligence Network (Co-WIN) system a digitalised platform will be used to track enlisted beneficiaries for the vaccination and anti-coronavirus vaccines on a real-time basis.