COVID vaccines COVAXIN and COVISHIELD are safe, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said. Health workers perform a trial run of COVID-19 vaccine delivery system in Ahmedabad
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Central government will bear the cost of vaccination of healthcare and frontline workers
Adequate doses of COVID vaccines have been delivered to all states and Union Territories: PMO
New Delhi: As the stage is all set for rollout of world s biggest vaccination drive against COVID-19 on Saturday, Union Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said that the step is probably the beginning of the end of the coronavirus disease.
India’s exercise to vaccinate its population against COVID19 shall be the largest immunisation drive of the world, Vardhan said. The union minister reiterated that both the indigenously manufactured vaccines, COVISHIELD and COVAXIN, have proven safety and immunogenicity records and are the most important tools to contain the pandemic.
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The first phase of the pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive will be flagged off on Saturday.
This vaccination program will cover the entire length and breadth of the country.
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will flag off the first phase of the pan India rollout of COVID-19 vaccination drive on Saturday (January 16) at 10.30 am via video conferencing. The coronavirusvaccination program will cover the entire length and breadth of the country, with a total of 3006 session sites across all States and UTs which will be connected virtually throughout the exercise.
Around 100 beneficiaries will be vaccinated on Friday at each of the session sites. The COVID-19 vaccination drive has been planned in a phased manner, identifying priority groups. Health Care workers, both in government and private sectors including ICDS (Integrated Child Development Services) workers, will receive the vaccine during this phase.
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Field feedback on the first day of the run was reviewed today through video conferencing with state and district programme officers by Joint Secretary (Public Health)
Detailed insights and feedback so obtained will help enrich the operational guidelines and IT platform and will strengthen the Covid-19 vaccination roll-out plan
New Delhi: The two-day dry run for the Covid-19 vaccination in Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab, and Gujarat has been successfully conducted, the Union Ministry of Health and Family Welfare said on Tuesday.
Backed with the experience of rolling out Universal Immunization Programme (UIP) and conducting nationwide multiple wide-range injectable vaccination campaigns such as measles-rubella (MR) and Adult Japanese Encephalitis (JE) campaign, required steps are being undertaken to vaccinate priority population groups such as Health care workers, Frontline workers and people above 50 years for Covid-19.
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Dry run of COVID-19 vaccination concludes in four states
Dry run of COVID-19 vaccination concludes in four states
29 December 2020 | News
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Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare conducted a two-day dry run for activities entailed in COVID-19 vaccination in four states Assam, Andhra Pradesh, Punjab and Gujarat on December 28-29 2020.
Backed with the experience of rolling out Universal Immunisation Programme (UIP) and conducting nationwide multiple wide-range injectable vaccination campaigns such as measles-rubella (MR) and adult Japanese Encephalitis (JE) campaign, required steps are being undertaken to vaccinate priority population groups such as healthcare workers, frontline workers and people above 50 years for COVID-19.