Krishna district officials conduct dry run of COVID-19 vaccination programme
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Synopsis We have recorded this in the Co-WIN App and sent SMSes to the chosen patients. We have monitored the time taken for different processes and the logistics involved. This will be used in real-time simulation, the Collector told reporters.
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Andhra Pradesh is one of the four states chosen by the Centre to carry out end-to-end dry run for Covid-19 vaccination on December 28.
Amaravati: The Krishna district administration on Monday successfully conducted a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination programme by carrying out various exercises that go into the actual event whenever it begins. Krishna district Collector A Md Imtiyaz, who inaugurated the dry run at the urban primary health centre at Prakash Nagar in Vijayawada, said the (dummy) vaccine was transported from the central storage facility to cold chain points at various places.
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Dec 28, 2020, 13:00 IST
VIJAYAWADA: The Krishna district administration successfully conducted a dry run of the COVID-19 vaccination programme on Monday, where various exercises that go into the actual event were carried out at Purna Heart Institute Hospital
Krishna district Collector A Md Imtiyaz, who inaugurated the dry run at the urban primary health centre at Prakash Nagar in Vijayawada, said the (dummy) vaccine was transported from the central storage facility to cold chain points at various places.
The dry run was carried out in five locations with 25 test beneficiaries (healthcare workers) for each session. We have recorded this in the Co-WIN App and sent SMSes to the chosen patients. We have monitored the time taken for different processes and the logistics involved. This will be used in real-time simulation , the Collector told reporters.
Covid-19 Vaccination Programme: Dry Runs Begin In Four States
The two-day end-to-end dry run is being carried out in Andhra Pradesh, Gujarat, Punjab and Assam.
PTI 28 December 2020 outlookindia.com 2020-12-28T20:22:21+05:30
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As the country eagerly waits for a coronavirus vaccination drive in January, at least 500 intended beneficiaries in four states who had registered on the Co-WIN App were on Monday sent messages informing them about the time and place of their Covid-19 vaccination appointment under a mock-drill to administer the shots at designated centres.
The two-day end-to-end dry run is being carried out in Krishna district in Andhra Pradesh, in Rajkot and Gandhinagar in Gujarat, Ludhiana and Shaheed Bhagat Singh Nagar (Nawanshahr) in Punjab and Sonitpur and Nalbari districts in Assam.
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